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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 201-203-JULY 8, 1943 [CHAPTER 201] July 8, 1943 [EI. R . 249] [Private Law 78] Gertrude Ricketts. July 8, 1943 [I. R . 1081] [Private Law 79] Frank Borah. July 8, 1943 [H. R. 1098] [Private Law 80] El Paso Electric Company, El Paso, Tex. AN ACT For the relief of Gertrude Ricketts. 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 Gertrude Ricketts, of Holcombe, Wisconsin, the sum of $1,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries received as a result of the explosion of a gasoline stove operated by a supervisor of a Works Progress Administration home economics class on May 19, 1937, in the town hall, Ruby Township, Chippewa County, Wisconsin: 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 July 8, 1943. [CHAPTER 2021 AN ACT For the relief of Frank Borah. 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 $2,371.30 to Frank Borah, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries suffered as a result of an accident involving an Army truck at Logan and Greene Streets, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on January 29, 1942: Provided, That no part of the amount appropri- ated 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 July 8, 1943. [CHAPTER 203] AN ACT For the relief of El Paso Electric Company. 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 m the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to El Paso Electric Company, of El Paso, Texas, the sum of $160, in full settlement of the claim of this company for funds advanced on account of immigration head tax, which sum was refunded to aliens by this company upon their leaving the United States: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum [57 STAT.