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PRIVATE LAWS--CHS. 666669-AUG. 13, 1940 August 13, 1940 [H. R. 5116] [Private, No. 621] Thomas Miralia and Betty Miralia. Payments to. Paoeisn. Limitation on at- torney's, etc. , fees. Penalty. [CHAPTER 667] AN ACT For the relief of Thomas Miralia and Betty Miralia. 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 Thomas Miralia aand Betty Miralia the sum of $1,170.80 in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States for injuries resulting from a collision on November 23,1938, between an Army truck, driven by Richard Stephens, an enrollee of the Civilian Conservation Corps, and a Graham sedan driven and owned by Thomas Miralia: 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 contrary 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, August 13, 1940. [CHAPTER 668] August 13, 194C _ [H. R. 5309] [Private, No. 52 Robert L. Tayl Payment to. Prso. Limitation on tOrney's, etc., fees. Penalty. °2- August 13, 1940 [H. .. 562] [Private, No. 523] Clyde E. Malle. Payment to. AN ACT For the relief of Robert L. Taylor. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- priated, the sum of $1,640 to Robert L. Taylor, of Kingston, Ten- nessee, m full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by him, and medical and hospital expenses incident thereto, as a result of a collision of an automobile in which he was riding with a Government Civilian Conservation Corps truck, which truck was being recklessly operated, causing said collision, on United States Highway Numbered 27, two miles south of Har- at- riman, Tennessee, on December 24, 1936: Provided That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centuin 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 contrary 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, August 13, 1940. [CHAPTER 669] AN ACT For the relief of Clyde E. Malle. 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 ay out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,to Clyde E. Malle, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania the sum of $114.28, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for use of a play during March, April, and June of 1936, which he prepared for the Works Progress Administration Federal theater project in Phila- 1346 [54 STAr.