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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 736 7377-JUNE 25, 1938 [CHAPTER 736] AN ACT For the relief of Martin Bridges. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the PMartienBrdges. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Martin Bridges, of Greenville, South Carolina, out of any money in the Treasury allocated by the President for the maintenance and operation of the Civilian Conservation Corps, the sum of $1,946.74 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damages to his one Graham and two Packard automobiles, as the result of an accident which occurred on September 25, 1935, on the TVA Free- way, between Knoxville and Norris, Tennessee, involving a National Park Service truck operated by the Civilian Conservation Corps: Limitationonattor- Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in ey's, etc., ees. 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 con- enalty for viola- tract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the pro- visions 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 25, 1938. [CHAPTER 737] June 25, 1938 [H. R . 2231] [Private, No. 760] Charles E. Black. Payment to. 38 Stat. 711; 40 Stat. 398; 43 Stat. 607 . 38U.8.C., ch.10; Supp. III, ch. 10 . Proriso. Adjusted compensa- tion. 43 Stat. 121 . 38U.8.C., ch.11; Supp. III, ch. 11. AN ACT For the relief of Charles E. Black. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Adminis- trator of Veterans' Affairs be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Charles E. Black, medical student, University of Tennessee at Memphis, only child of John Wesley Black, late private, Park Battery, Second Corps, Artillery Park, who was murdered on January 5, 1919, while a member of the American Expeditionary Forces, near Verdun, France, by Jay Morgan and Mack Holmes, soldiers in the United States Army, who were subsequently tried, convicted, and sentenced by a general court martial at Brest, to twenty-five and fifteen years' imprisonment, respectively, the sum of $4,014.10 in full settlement of death compensation benefits under the War Risk Insurance Act, as amended, at the rate of $20 per month from January 6, 1919, to September 26, 1935, the date Charles E. Black reached the age of twenty-one years, payment to be made from the current appropriation, Military and Naval Compensation, Veterans' Administration: Provided further, That the Secretary of War is authorized and directed to certify to the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs in accordance with Public Law Numbered 120 (Adjusted Compensation Act), as amended, for payment, the amount of adjusted compensation payable in accordance with the foregoing Act, upon receipt of a valid application from Charles E. Black, pay- ment to be made by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs from the current appropriation for payment of adjusted compensation benefits. Approved, June 25, 1938. June 25, 1938 [H. R. 1872] [Private, No. 759] n t 1414 [52 STAT.