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[57 STAT. PRIVATE LAWS-HS. 205 -208 -JULY 8, 1943 July 8, 1943 [H. R. 1802] [Private Law 83] Robert N. Bickert. 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 206] AN ACT For the relief of Robert N. Bickert. 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 Robert N. Bickert the sum of $60.38, in full settlement of all claims against the United States to reimburse him for the expense borne by him incident to his transfer as an employee of the Soil Conservation Service from Hebron, Nebraska, to Stanton, Nebraska, on September 20, 1940: 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 207] July 8, 1943 [H. R . 2089] [Private Law 84] AN ACT For the relief of Jennie Walker. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Jennie Walker. 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 Jennie Walker, of Tacoma Washington, the sum of $500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of the personal injury resulting when she was struck by a United States mail truck on May 2, 1941, in Tacoma, Washington: 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 the 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 July 8, 1943. [CHAPTER 208] AN ACT July 8, 1943 [H. R. 2047] To correct an error and to confirm, as of March 2, 1861 , the title to certain saline [Private Law 85] lands in Jackson County, State of Illinois, to Edward Holden. Edward Holden. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to correct an error and to confirm, as of March 2, 1861, the title of Edward Holden to certain saline lands in Jackson County, State of Illinois, so much of the Act entitled "An Act for the confirmation of 684