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56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 82 -84 -FEB . 16, 18 , 1942 State Compensation Insurance Fund of California the sum of $1,684.98, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for compensation and medical treatment to Frank Ross, of Davis, Cali- fornia, on account of personal injuries sustained on December 2, 1937, when an automobile which he was driving was struck by a United States Government truck operated by the Civilian Conservation Corps: 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, February 16, 1942. [CHAPTER 83] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Opal June Lindsay, Luck A. Lindsay, Thelma Louise Lindsay, and Laura Kathleen Lindsay. 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, the sum of $4,000 to the estate of Opal June Lindsay; the sum of $5,000 to Luck A. Lindsay; and the sum of $1,500 to the legal representative of Thelma Louise Lindsay, and the sum of $1,500 to the legal repre- sentative of Laura Kathleen Lindsay, each of whom are infants under the age of twenty-one years, in full settlement of all claims for dam- ages against the Government of the United States on account of bodily injuries and damages received by them and each of them on or about May 13, 1940, when the car in which they were riding was struck by a Work Projects Administration truck on United States Highway Numbered 25, near London, Kentucky: 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, February 18, 1942. [CHAPTER 84] AN ACT For the relief of the San Diego Consolidated Gas and Electric 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 San Diego Consolidated Gas and Electric Company, San Diego, Cali- fornia, the sum of $1,504.31. Such sum represents the cost to such company of repairing an electric transmission line across Lake Hodges, California, which was damaged on December 8, 1938, by a United States Navy airplane. Payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of such company against the United States 1109 Prooiso. February 18, 1942 [H. R. 446] [Private Law 277] Estate of Opal June Lindsay; Luck A. Lindsay and others Payments to. Proviso. February 18, 1942 [H. R. 3647] [Private Law 278] San Diego Consoli- dated Gas and Elee- tric Co. Payment to.