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57 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 1 ST SESS.-CHS. 157-159-JUNE 26, 1943 Civilian Conservation Corps ambulance on United States Highway Numbered 17 at a point about ten miles west of New Bern, North Carolina, on May 31, 1940; (2) to Jarvis T. Mills, of Wilmington, North Carolina, the sum of $350, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for compensation for personal injuries sustained and medical expenses incurred by him, and personal prop- erty destroyed, in such accident at such time; and (3) to Richard D. Peters, of Wilmington, North Carolina, the sum of $500 in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for compensation for personal injuries sustained and medical expenses incurred by him in such accident at such time: Provided, That no part of the amounts 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 these claims, 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 158] AN ACT For the relief of Inez Smith. 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 Inez Smith, postmaster at Bluff City, Tennessee, the sum of $235.76 in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States for reim- bursement of the amount paid by her to the United States on account of official funds and stamp stock stolen from the Bluff City post office on August 25, 1939: 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 per- son 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 159] AN ACT For the relief of The Nashville, Chattanooga and Saint Louis Railway. 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 $4,954.38 to The Nashville, Chattanooga and Saint Louis Rail- way, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Tennessee and having its principal place of business in Nashville in said State in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for damage to property sustained by the said The Nashville, Chattanooga and Saint Louis Railway caused by fire resulting from the spilling of gasoline on the floor of a baggage car while in use as a kitchen car by troops of the Ninety-seventh Field Artillery 673 Jarvis T. Mills. Richard D. Peters. June 26, 1943 [S. 5101 [Private Law 631 Inez Smith. June 26, 1943 [S. 516] [Private Law 64) The Nashville, Chattanooga and Saint Louis Railway.