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[55 STAT. PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 379-381 -AUG. 18, 1941 August 18, 1941 [H. R. 1352] [Private Law 150] Norman Carlin Brown. Payment to legal guardian of. Proviso. [CHAPTER 379] AN ACT For the relief of Norman Carlin Brown, a minor. 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 legal guardian of Norman Carlin Brown, a minor, of Alexandria, Virginia, the sum of $5,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for injuries resulting in death, sustained by Chester Brown, the father of the infant named herein, on September 20, 1940, the decedent having been struck by a United States Army truck which at the time was being operated in a negligent manner by an enlisted man in the United States Army: Provided, That no part of the money 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 18, 1941. [CHAPTER 380] August 18, 1941 [H. R. 1354] [Private Law 151] Herman R. Alien. Payment to. Proviso. AN ACT For the relief of Herman R. Alien. 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 Herman R. Allen, company commander, Civilian Conservation Corps Company 2314, Beltsville, Maryland, the sum of $190, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States. The payment of such sum is made to reinburse the said Herman R. Allen for a personal advance by him on November 1, 1939, of $190 to replace a shortage in the company pay roll funds caused by the theft, on October 31, 1939, by former Civilian Conservation Corps enrollee R. E . Lee of a like amount from such pay roll funds: 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 18, 1941. [CHAPTER 381] August 18, 1941 [H. R . 1576] [Private Law 152] AN ACT For the relief of Emily Barlow. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the mPaynt tow. 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 Emily Barlow, of El Paso, Texas, the sum of $1,230 in full settlement 950