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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 527-529-NOV. 21, 1941 [CHAPTER 527] November 21, 1941 [H. R . 4503] - lT.aw 94 AN ACT For the relief of Hattie Dillon. [CHAPTER 528] November 21, 1941 [H. R . 4561] [Private Law 205] Mrs. Della Thomp- son. Payment to. Condition. November 21, 1941 [H. R . 4570] [Private Law 206] Regis Moxley and Frances Moxley. Payment to. AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Della Thompson. 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 is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to Mrs. Della Thompson, Laona, Wisconsin, the sum of $4,950 in full settlement of all claims against the United States. Such sum represents the amount of the uncollected judgment recovered by the said Mrs. Della Thompson in the circuit court of Forest County, Wisconsin, against one Theodore Zaszcznoynski, for damages sustained on account of the death of her husband, James Thompson, who died from injuries received on June 4, 1938, when he was struck on United States Highway Numbered 8 near Laona, Wisconsin, by a truck in the service of the Civilian Con- servation Corps operated by the said Theodore Zaszcznoynski. Such payment shall be conditioned upon the filing by the said Mrs. Della Thompson of a discharge and satisfaction of such judgment. Approved, November 21, 1941. [CHAPTER 529] AN ACT AN ACT For the relief of Regis Moxley and Frances Moxley. 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 Regis Moxley and Frances Moxley, his wife, the sum of $2,500 for the death of their child, Regis Moxley, Junior, on November 25, 1938, at Fort Lee, Bergen County, New Jersey, as a result of the carelessness, reck- lessness, and negligence of the workers of the Works Progress Admin- 972 [55 STAT. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Hattie Dillon. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Payment to. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $46.84 to compensate Hattie Dillon, postmaster, Tuscarora, North Carolina, as legal representative of Thomas A. Dillon, late postmaster, Tuscarora, North Carolina, for actual financial loss sus- tained by him, without negligence on his part, through refund already made to the Post Office Department, by the said Hattie Dillon, for funds for which Thomas A. Dillon was responsible as postmaster at Tuscarora, North Carolina, which were on deposit in the First National Bank of New Bern, North Carolina, when the said Proviso. bank failed to open for business on October 26, 1929: 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, November 21, 1941.