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56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 256 -258 -APR . 28 , 1942 September 1 to October 13, 1940: 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, April 28, 1942. [CHAPTER 257] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Agnes S. Hathaway. 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 Mrs. Agnes S. Hathaway, of Topeka, Kansas, the sum of $1,770, in full settlement of all her claims against the United States for personal injuries, medical expenses, and property damage sustained by her on March 10, 1941, when the automobile which she was driving was struck by an Army truck on United States Highway 24 near Victory Junction, Kansas: Provided, That no part of the amc-rt 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 mis- demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, April 28, 1942. [CHAPTER 258] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. William Meister. 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 Mrs. William Meister, of Lemay, Missouri, the sum of $2,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by the said Mrs. William Meister on June 21, 1938, when she fell on West Holden Avenue, Lemay, Missouri, as the result of stepping upon a small stone permitted to roll in the roadway by employees of the Works Progress Administration: 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, April 28, 1942. April 28, 1942 [S. 1776] [Private Law 375] Mrs.Agnes S. Hath- away. Payment to. Proviso. April 28, 1942 IS. 1991w [Private Law 376] Mrs. William Meis- ter. Payment to. Proviso. 1153 Proism.