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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 829-831-DEC. 24, 1942 Appropriation. of The American Legion, and the sum of $2,600 to C. J . Nairn. There is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not other- wise appropriated, the sum of $24,800, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the payment of the respective claims in the amounts Pro. above indicated: 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 serv- ices 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 mis- demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, December 24, 1942. [CHAPTER 830] December 24, 1942 [H. R. 4741] [Private Law 631] Midwest Oil Com- pany. Payment to. AN ACT For the relief of the Midwest Oil 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 Midwest Oil Company, the sum of $248.90, in full settlement of all claims against the United States growing out of a certain contract it had with the Government of the United States for the sale and delivery of fuel oil to the Pierre Indian School, at Pierre, South Dakota: 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, December 24, 1942. [CHAPTER 8311 December 24, 1942 [I. R . 6771] (Private Law 632] Lillian J. Dela- vergne and Myrla Delavergne. Payment to. AN ACT For the relief of Lillian J. Delavergne and Myrla Delavergne. 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 Lillian J. Delavergne and Myrla Delavergne, of Monroe Center, Illinois, the sum of $3,500, in full satisfaction of their claim against the United States for com- pensation for the death of Ivan Delavergne, who died of personal injuries sustained by him as the result of an accident involving an Army truck and a Ford coach in which he was a passenger on the Blackhawk Road (Kishwaukee Forest Preserve Road), near Camp Grant, Illinois, on June 19, 1941: 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, December 24, 1942. [56 STAT.