55 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CHS. 180, 181 -JUNE 6, 1941 [CHAPTER 180] AN ACT For the relief of Elizabeth Hessman. 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 Elizabeth Hessman, of Dodge City, Kansas, the sum of $915.45, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by her when the car in which she was riding was struck, on April 27, 1936, by a Government car driven by an employee of the Soil Conservation Service: 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 per- son 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, June 6, 1941. [CHAPTER 181] AN ACT To provide for the reimbursement of certain members or former members of the United States Coast Guard (formerly the Bureau of Lighthouses) for the value of personal effects lost in the hurricane of September 21 1938, at several light stations on the coast of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York. 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 the following-named personnel of the United States Coast Guard (formerly the Bureau of Lighthouses), in full settlement of their claims against the United States for loss or destruction of, or damage to, personal property and effects at the light stations indicated as a result of the hurricane of September 21 1938 as follows: In Massachusetts: At the Cape Cod Canal lights, Rodney S. Dus- tin, lamplighter, the sum of $100; at the PalmerIsland Light Station, Arthur A. Small, keeper, the sum of $841; at the Dumpling Rock Light Station, O. J . Ponsart keeper, the sum of $387.95; Henry J. Fontneau, assistant keeper, the sum of $488.64; at the Butler Flats Light Station, Charles A. Baker, keeper, the sum of $129.55, Joseph G. Hindley, assistant keeper, the sum of $6.50; at the Novska Point Light Station, John M. Scharff, keeper, the sum of $40, Waldo Leighton, assistant keeper, the sum of $40. In Rhode Island: At the Block Island, Southeast Light Station, Earl E. Carr, keeper, the sum of $35, Elmer F. OToole, first assistant keeper, the sum of $50; at the Watch Hill Light Station, Lawrence H. Congdon, keeper, the sum of $93.25, Richard A. Fricke, assistant keeper, the sum of $165.45; at the Great Salt Pond Light Station, Earl A. Rose, keeper the sum of $254.76; at the Rose Island Light Station, Charles H. Eldridge, keeper, the sum of $197.60, George S. Bell, Junior, assistant keeper, the sum of $174.20; at the Conimicut Light Station, Nelson H. Powell, keeper, the sum of $269.15; at thd June 6, 1941 [H. R.713] [Private Law 76] Elizabeth Hesman. Payment to. June 6, 11 [H. R. 8161 [Private Lew 7] Reimbursement of certain Coast Guard personnel Maseolmhtt. Rhode IsTlnd
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