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[55 STAT. PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 54, 5. - i -APR . 10, 1941 [CHAPTER 54] April 10, 1941 1i. 319] [Private Law 22] Virginia Bowen, Willie W. Hudson, and John L. Walker. Payments to. Condition. Prwowo. AN ACT For the relief of Virginia Bowen, Willie W. Hudson, and John L. Walker. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Corngress 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 following-named persons the following sums: To Virginia Bowen, Lawrenceville, Virginia, $1,000; to Willie W. Hudson, La Crosse, Virginia, $401.25; and to John L. Walker, La Crosse, Virginia, $57. Such sums represent the amount of uncollected judgments recov- ered by the above-named persons in the trial justice court for Bruns- wick County, Virginia, against Samuel Mason, operator of a truck attached to the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp Numbered 22 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, on account of damages suffered when the automobile in which they were riding collided with a truck in the service of the Civilian Conservation Corps driven by the said Samuel Mason on June 22, 1940. Such payment shall be conditioned upon the filing by such persons of a discharge and satisfaction of such judg- ments: 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 10, 1941. AN ACT For the relief of Addie Myers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Addle Myers. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary yment to. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Addie Myers, of Gallup, New Mexico, widow of L. A. Myers, the sum of $2,094.68, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for expenses incurred in connection with the development of a coal mine on the Navajo Reservation, Arizona, and for the use of the equipment installed in the mine by L. A. Myers, deceased, and as full payment for said equipment. Said equipment shall become the property of the United States upon the acceptance by Addie Myers Prio. of the amount appropriated by this Act: 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 10, 1941. [CHAPTER 55] April 10, 1941 [8. 430 IPrivate Law 231 896