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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 339-341 - -JULY 30. 1941 [CHAPTER 339] AN ACT For the relief of H. E. Buzby. [CHAPTER 340] July 30, 1941 [H. R. 32471 [Private Law 141] Mrs. 0. B. Olson. Payment to. Proviso. July 30, 1941 [H. R. 3523] [Private Law 142] Equitable Insurance Alliance and others. Payments to. AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. 0. B. Olson. 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 Mrs. 0 . B . Olson, of Chicago, Illinois, the sum of $175, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States on account of damages sustained on October 1, 1937, as a result of a fall on the driveway of the customs inspection station at Noyes, Minnesota: 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, July 30, 1941. [CHAPTER 341] AN ACT For the relief of the Equitable Insurance Alliance, the Fidelity and Guaranty Fire Corporation, and the Hartford Fire Insurance 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 the Equitable Insurance Alliance, Providence, Rhode Island, the sum of $1,192.50; to the Fidelity and Guaranty Fire Corporation, Baltimore, Maryland, the sum of $79.17; and to the Hartford Fire Insurance Company, Hartford, Connecticut, the sum of $15.83. The payment of such amounts shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States arising out of payments made by such 946 July 30, 1941 [H. R. 2888] [Private Law 140] [55 STAT. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the H. E. Buzby. 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, to H. E . Buzby, of Fairbanks, Alaska, the sum of $1,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States as a result of personal injuries sustained by him when he was struck by a United States Army truck on a public highway near Fairbanks, Alaska, on May 2, 1940: Pro- Proviso. vided, 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, July 30, 1941.