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56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 215-217-APR. 6 , 1942 during such period he was not eligible, on account of citizenship requirements, to receive compensation or subsistence allowance from funds appropriated for the Department of the Interior. Approved, April 6, 1942. [CHAPTER 216] AN ACT For the relief of George Garcavy. 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 George Garcavy, of Sitka, Alaska, the sum of $500 in full settlement of all claims against the United States. Such sum represents reim- bursement for loss sustained by the said George Garcavy on account of the forfeiture to the United States, on or about November 10, 1938, of the sum of $500 under a bond posted by the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland and conditioned upon the departure from the United States of Mary Garcavy, sister of the said George Garcavy, the said George Garcavy having deposited with the said Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland the sum of $500. Such bond was forfeited by reason of the failure of the said Mary Garcavy to depart from the United States in accordance with the terms thereof: Pro- vided, 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, April 6, 1942. [CHAPTER 217] AN ACT For the relief of Johnston-Hall Hospital, Calhoun, Georgia, and Doctor Z. V. Johnston, Calhoun, Georgia. 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 Johnston-Hall Hospital, Calhoun, Georgia, the sum of $65, and to Doctor Z. V. Johnston, Calhoun, Georgia, the sum of $75, to com- pensate them for the cost of an emergency operation and hospitaliza- tion rendered necessary because thereof in the case of Corporal Henry Grady Lay, Junior, Battery H, Two Hundred and Fourteenth Coast Artillery, said operation having been done on February 22, 1941, by direction of the post surgeon at Camp Stewart, Georgia, where said corporal was stationed: Provided,That no part of the amount appro- priated 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, April 6, 1942. April 6, 142 [H. R. 5069] [Private Law 349] George Garcavy. Payment to. Prove. April 6, 194 111. R. 53631] [Private Law 3501 Johnston-llall loe- pltal. Payment to. Dr. Z. V . Johnston. Payment to.