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Nov. 30, 1942 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 648 , 649, 652Dec. , 1942 Dec. j .' i;4i [CHAPTER 648] November 30, 1942 [H. R . 6817] [Private Law 620] Lloyd A. Emick. Payment to. PrOiso AN ACT For the relief of Lloyd A. Emick. 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 Lloyd A. Emick, of 421 Market Avenue South, Canton, Ohio, the sum of $3,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries and resulting damage sustained when he was struck at the intersection of Market Street South and Fourth Street Southwest in the city of Canton, Ohio, on the 14th day of February 1941, by a mail truck being driven and operated by an employee of the Post Office Department in the course of his employ- ment: 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, November 30, 1942. [CHAPTER 649] November 30,1942 [H. R . 6893] [Private Law 621] N. C. Lloyd. Payment to. Proviso. December 1, 1942 [H. R . 6761] [Private Law 622] J. C . Baker. Payment to. AN ACT For the relief of N. C . Lloyd. 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 is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to N. C . Lloyd, Eltopia, Washington, the sum of $1,100. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the loss of certain cattle owned by the said N. C . Lloyd which were poisoned during the period from September 27, 1941, to October 3, 1941, through the negligence of employees of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine of the Department of Agriculture in handling arsenical cricket control materials on land on which such cattle were pastured: 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, November 30, 1942. [CHAPTER 652] AN ACT For the relief of J. C . Baker. 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 J. C . Baker, of Alicia, Arkansas, the sum of $3,500, in full satis- 1212 [56 STAT.