[55 STAT. PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 37, 38, 44-AI'lR. 2, 7 , 1941 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, April 2, 1941. [CHAPTER 38] April 2, 1941 [H. R. 3001] [Private Law 12] James P. Melican. Reimbursement for loss of personal prop- erty. Prio. AN ACT For the relief of James P. Melican. 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, such sum, not to exceed $968.98, as may be required by the Secretary of the Navy to reimburse James P. Melican, chief torpedoman, United States Navy, in full settlement of all claims against the United States, under such regulations as he may prescribe, for the value of personal property lost as a result of the fire which occurred in Gov- ernment quarters Numbered X-31-S at the United States Naval Training Station, naval operating base, Norfolk, Virginia, on June 25, 1940: Proided, 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 unlaw- ful, 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, April 2, 1941. [CHAPTIKR 441 AN ACT For the relief of Maude Wilcox. 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 Maude Wilcox, of Reno, Nevada, the sum of $557.15, in full settlement of all her claims against the United States for personal injuries, medi- cal and hospital expenses, and property damage, sustained by her on November 14, 1938, when her automobile collided with a Civilian Conservation Corps truck at Reno, Nevada, at the intersection of West Street and West Third Street: 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, April 7, 1941. April 7, 1941 is. 61 [Private Law 13] Maude Wilcox. Payment to. I'roriso. 892
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