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56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 311, 316, 317-MAY 13, 14, 1942 States Army truck on United States Highway Numbered 82, three miles west of El Dorado, Arkansas, on September 7, 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 316] AN ACT For the relief of Weslie A. Coulter, Senior. 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 Weslie A. Coulter, Senior, the sum of $5,000 in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States on account of the death of his son, Weslie A. Coulter, Junior, who was killed on September 20, 1940, near Newport News, Virginia, when a motorcycle which he was operating was struck by a United States Army truck while being operated by an Army employee: 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 notwith- standing. 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 14, 1942. May 14, 1942 [H. R. 5275] [Private Law 408] Weslie A. Coulter, Sr. Payment to. Prosfo. [CHAPTER 317] AN ACT For the relief of J. Furman Richardson. 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 J. Furman Richardson, of Simpsonville, South Carolina, the sum of $290, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damages to a tract of land leased to the United States of America as an emergency landing field on November 1,1927, as a result of sodding the land with Bermuda grass and for one-half year's rent: 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 con- trary 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 14, 1942. May 14, 1942 [H. R. 5468] [Private Law 409] J. Furman Richard- son. Payment to. Proeto. 1167 Provio.