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PRIVATE LAW 338—OCT. 19, 1951
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misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved October 19, 1951.
Private Law 338
CHAPTER 518 AN ACT
October 19, 1951 [H. R. 4154]
Estate of Jake Jones.
For the relief of the estate of Jake Jones, deceased. Be it enacted by the Seriate and House of Representatively of the United States of Amenca in Congress assemhUd^ That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the estate of Jake Jones, vleceased, of Gallatin, Tennessee, the sum of $5,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the estate of the late said Jake Jones against the United States arising out of injuries he sustained on December 20, 1943, while attemiDting to extinguish a fire caused by members of the United States Army who were on maneuvers in the vicinity of the home of the late said Jake Jones: 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 October 19, 1951.
Private Law 339 October 20, 1951 [S. 1713]
Charles Cooper.
CHAPTER 525 AN ACT For the relief of Charles Cooper.
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 Charles Cooper, of Winslow, Arizona, the sum of $1,748.75, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for crop loss and for reimbursement of funds expended in the improvement of a reclamation homestead entry in the Yuma reclamation project, which entry was allowed by the Department of the Interior on April 8, 1948, but subsequently canceled on April 22, 1949, because entry of the land could be made only by a qualified veteran and the entryman was not a qualified veteran: 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 connection with this claim. I t 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, 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 October 20, 1951.
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