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55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 67, 68 , 73-APR. 11, 12 , 1941 Projects Administration at the Santee-Cooper clearing and grubbing project in South Carolina: 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, April 11, 1941. [CHAPTER 68] AN ACT For the relief of Glen E. Robinson, doing business as the Robinson Marine Con- struction Company. 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 Glen E. Robinson, doing business as Robinson Marine Construction Com- pany, of Saint Joseph, Michigan, the sum of $900, in full settlement of all claims against the United States growing out of a contract for the construction of two gasoline motorboats furnished to the United States district engineer, Cairo, Illinois, in accordance with a proposal dated August 31, 1931, and accepted under date of September 10, 1931 (3328-motorboat-Memphis D. O. -1 1), which sum represents a penalty of $10 per day per boat, for forty-five days of alleged delay in delivery of said motorboats after completion, said delays being due to causes unforeseeable and beyond the control and without the fault or negli- gence of the said Glen E. Robinson as contractor: 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 attor- ney on account of services rendered in connection with these claims, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwith- standing. 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, April 11, 1941. [CHAPTER 73] AN ACT For the relief of Rudolph Mundt. 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, the sum of $3,227.17 to Rudolph Mundt, of Casselton, North Dakota, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for reimbursement of medical and hospital expenses incurred by him and for compensa- tion for the permanent loss of sight in one of his eyes as the result of his being struck by pellets from a shotgun shell fired by an employee of the United States Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, dur- ing a rabbit drive which was being conducted by the Forest Service near Buffalo, North Dakota, on February 21, 1940: 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 278941--42-PT . II -2 April 11, 194 S. 957] [Private Law 34] Glen E. Robinson. Payment to. Proeiso. April 12, 1941 I. 2831] [Private Law 35] Rudolph Mundt Payment to. 901 POLfo.