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PRIVATE LAWS--CIS. 185, 186-JUNE 6, 1941 [CHAPTER 185] June 6, 1941 [H. R. 3309] [Private Law 81] Louis J. Banderet. Payment to. Release from lia- bility. AN ACT For the relief of Louis J. Banderet. 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 Louis J. Banderet, of Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi, the sum of $83.82. Such sum shall be in full settlement of his claim against the United States for compensation for service rendered as temporary carrier on Rural Route Numbered 1, Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi, from March 24 to April 6, 1938, inclusive, which payment has been denied due to the fact that at the time he was a star-route contractor. SEC. 2. The said Louis J. Banderet is hereby released from any lia- bility to refund to the United States the sum of $251.07 received by him as compensation for service rendered as temporary carrier on Rural Route Numbered 1, Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi, from June 16 to June 30, 1937; from August 1 to August 15, 1937; from December 1 to December 15, 1937; from December 16 to December 31, 1937; from January 1 to January 15, 1938; from January 16 to January 31, 1938; and from February 1 to February 15, 1938: 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, June 6, 1941. [CHAPTER 186] June 6, 1941 (H. R. 36291 (Private Law 82) Irene Trauernicht. Payment to. Proe/o. AN ACT For the relief of Irene Trauernicht. 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 th3 Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Irene Trauernicht, of Saint Louis, Missouri, the sum of $5,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States as the result of the death of Walter Trauernicht in a collision between a delivery car driven by said Walter Trauernicht and a United States Government truck driven by a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Babler Park, Missouri, on March 17, 1939: 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 ren- dered 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, June 6, 1941. Approved, June 6, 1941. 922 [55 STAT.