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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 306-308-NOV. 22, 1943 vided further, 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 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 November 22, 1943. [CHAPTER 307] November 22, 1943 [H. R. 400] [Private Law 117] Sigurd J. E . Wall- stedt. November 22, 1943 [It. t . Sci] [Private Law 118] Farrell-Argast Elec- tric Company. AN ACT For the relief of Sigurd J. E. Wallstedt. 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 Sigurd J. E . Wallstedt, a resident of the Territory of Alaska, the sum of $4,000, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for injuries sustained on July 17, 1941, at Seward, Alaska, while a passenger in a United States Army vehicle: 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 November 22, 1943. [CHAPTER 308] AN ACT For the relief of the Farrell-Argast 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 in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Farrell-Argast Electric Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, the sum of $402.68, as additional payment for three transformers delivered to the War Department under a bid which through error resulted in the Government receiving three transformers at the price of one transformer: 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 agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection 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 for 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 November 22, 1943. [57 STAT.