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55STAT.] 77TH CONG. , IST SESS.-CHS. 122-124-MAY 17, 1941 for reimbursement of medical and hospital expenses incurred by him and for compensation for personal injuries and property damage sustained by him as the result of a collision which occurred when his automobile was struck by a United States mail truck, in West Hartford, Connecticut, on February 23, 1940: 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 notwith- standing. 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, May 17, 1941. 909 ProVio. [CHAPTER 123] AN ACT May 17, 1941 For the relief of Anna Dolak, mother and sole surviving parent of Gene Dolak, [S. 392] deceased. [Private Law 53] 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, the sum of $2,500 to Anna Dolak, of Benton County, Iowa, mother and sole surviving parent of Gene Dolak, deceased minor, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States on account of the death of said Gene Dolak, who was struck and killed at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, while a member of the Citizens' Military Training Camp, by a United States Army truck, on July 30, 1935.: 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 not- withstanding. 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, May 17, 1941. [CHAPTER 124] AN ACT For the relief of G. F . Allen, chief disbursing officer of the Treasury Department, and Bernard Paulson, special disbursing officer of the State Department. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- troller General of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to credit the account of G. F. Allen, chief disbursing officer of the Treasury Department, with the sum of $371.81 paid by him for excess freight charges on household effects of Julian Edgeworth Gillespie, deceased, commercial attache, Istanbul, Turkey, and to credit the account of Bernard Paulson, special disbursing officer of the State Department at Istanbul, Turkey with the sum of $424.01, paid by him for packing and crating at Istanbul excess household effects of the said Julian Edgeworth Gillespie at Istanbul. Approved, May 17, 1941. Anna Dolak. Payment to. Pfi. Ml 17, 1941 [8. 87] [Private Law 541 0. F. Allen and Bernard Paulson. Credit in aoounts.