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57 STAT.] 78Ta CONG. , IST SESS.-CHS. 152 -154 --JUNE 26, 1943 which the said John J. Shields was riding and an Army station wagon: 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 June 26, 1943. (CHAPTER 153] AN ACT For the relief of W. Cooke. 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 W. Cooke, of Shawnee, Oklahoma, the sum of $5,810, in full settlement of his claim against the United States for liquidated damages assessed for delay in the completion of contract No. I-1-ind-6541 for the construction of a gymnasium at the Sequoyah Indian Orphan Training School near Tahlequah, 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 agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in con- nection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, 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 June 26, 1943. [CHAPTER 154] AN ACT For the relief of Rachel Acerra. 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 is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Rachel Acerra, of West Long Branch, New Jersey, the sum of $500, in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States for compensation for personal injuries sustained by her when the car which she was driving was struck by a United States Army truck in Oakhurst, New Jersey, on May 28,1942: 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 con- tract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the pro- visions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in ay sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved June 26, 1943. ..

. 671 June 26, 1943 [S. 170] [Private Law 58] W. Cooke. June 26, 1943 [S. 241] [Private Law 59] Rachel Acerra.