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54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3 D SESS.- CHS. 609-611-JULY 11, 1940 Wootton involving mileage for the use of his personally owned automobile for transportation from Washington, District of Colum- bia, to San Francisco, California, in 1934, and the return trip in 1935, upon the basis of the estimated cost by rail for the personal transportation of Mr. Wootton and without regard to section 209 of the Act of June 30, 1932 (47 Stat. 405). SEC. 2 . There is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $21.14, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay the amount found due J. H. Wootton. SEC. 3 . Any amount so found due the claimant pursuant to this Act may be applied in satisfaction of any income-tax indebtedness outstanding and unpaid at that time. Approved, July 11, 1940. 1333 6U.S .C.§§73c,823a. Appropriation. Applicability to in- come - tax indebted- ness. [CHAPTER 610] AN ACT For the relief of Alfred Joseph Wright. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Rosetta Louise Tomkins, of Richmond, Virginia, the sum of $923, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for personal injuries suffered by her infant son, Alfred Joseph Wright, caused by an automobile truck driven by John Mundy, attached to Civilian Conservation Corps Camp Numbered 1375, located at Fort Harrison, Virginia, on July 8, 1936: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the con- trary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, July 11, 1940. [CHAPTER 611] AN ACT For the relief of the First National Bank of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, as legal guardian of the three minor children of Dale W. Guise and Gladys M. Guise, both deceased, and Sally C. Guise, Martha G. and Arnold E. Orner. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the First National Bank of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, as legal guardian of the three minor children of Dale W. Guise and Gladys M. Guise, both deceased, the sum of $11,398.16. The payment to the said First National Bank of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, shall be in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States for hospital, medical, and funeral and burial expenses incurred on account of the injuries and death of the said Dale W. Guise and for funeral and burial expenses incurred on account of the death of the said Gladys M. Guise. Such injuries and deaths resulted from a collision, on April 10, 1938 on United States Highway Numbered 40, about seven miles east of July 11, 1940 [H. R . 2358] [Private, No. 491] Relief of Alfred Jo- seph Wright. Payment to Rosetta Louise Tomkins in settlement of claims for. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. July 11, 1940 [H. R . 3161] [Private, No. 492] FirstNational Bank, Gettysburg, Pa. Payment to.