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56 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 375-377-JUNE 5, 1942 ing the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 5, 1942. [CHAPTER 376] AN ACT For the relief of the legal guardian of Rudolph Treiber, Junior, 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 Rudolph Treiber, Junior, a minor, of Munger, Michigan, the sum of $500 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained on July 5, 1940, near Bay City, Michigan, when an Army truck from Selfridge Field, Michigan, collided with the wagon on which he was riding, throwing said Rudolph Treiber, Junior, to the ground and breaking his arm and inflicting other injuries: 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 5, 1942. [CHAPTER 377] AN ACT Confirming the claim of Augustin Dominique Tureaud for the Church of Saint Jacques to certain lands in the State of Louisiana, parish of Saint James, said claim being listed as number 392. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the rights, titles, and interests of the United States in and to the lands covered by private claim number 392, report communicated to the House of Representatives on January 9, 1812, in the name of Augustin Dominique Tureaud for the Church of Saint Jacques, and recom- mended for confirmation by the old board of commissioners under authority of the Act of March 3, 1807, described as section 12, town- ship 12 south, range 16 east, Louisiana meridian, southeast land dis- trict west of Mississippi River in Saint James Parish, State of Louisiana, containing one hundred and thirty and twenty-five one- hundredths acres be, and the same is hereby granted, released, relin- quished, and conveyed, in fee simple, by the United States to the respective owners of the equitable titles thereto, and to their respective heirs and assigns forever, as fully and completely, in every respect whatever, as could be done by patents issued therefor according to law. SEC. 2. That nothing contained in this Act shall in any manner abridge, divest, impair, injure, or prejudice any right, title, or interest of any person or persons in or to any portion or part of the lands mentioned in said first section, the true intent of this Act being to relinquish and abandon, grant, give, and concede, any and all right, interest, and estate, in law or equity, which the United States is or 65714-43-PT. II---6 1177 June 5, 1942 [H. R. 5910] [Private Law 432] Rudolph Treiber, Jr. Payment to guard- ian. Praoio. June 5, 1942 [H. R . 6102] [Private Law 4331 Augustin Domi- nique Tureaud. Confirmation of land claim for Church of Saint Jacques. 2 Stat. 440. Rights, etc. , not abridged.