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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 309-311-MAY 13, 1942 [CHAPTER 309] May 13,1942 H. B. 1901] [Private Law 4051 AN ACT For the relief of Floyd Odom. May 13, 1942 [H. R . 6563] IPrivate Law 406] Joe A. Mumford and estate of W. C . Mum- ford. Payments to. Prolio. [CHAPTER 310] AN ACT For the relief of Joe A. Mumford and the estate of W. C . Mumford. 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 $1,946.5' to Joe A. Mumford, of Brazoria County, Texas, for property damage and personal injuries, and to pay the sum of $5,000 to the estate of W. C . Mumford in full settlement of all claims against the United States as compensation for his death sustained when the car in which they were riding collided with an Army truck near Angleton, Texas, on June 9, 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, May 13, 1942. [CHAPTER 311] May 13, 1942 H. B. 6594] [Private Law 407] AN ACT For the relief of M. V . Forsythe. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the M. V . Forsythe. 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 M. V. Forsythe, of El Dorado, Arkansas, the sum of $3,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained when the truck he was driving was struck by a United 1166 [56 STAT. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Floyd dom. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Payment to. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Floyd Odom, of Albion, Oklahoma, the sum of $1,000, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by him on March 23, 1935, when struck by a Government truck operated in connection with the Civilian Conservation Corps, prm . near Fewell, Oklahoma: 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, May 13, 1942.