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55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1 ST SESS.-CHS. 349-351-AUG. 1 , 9 , 1941 full settlement of all claims against the United States for damages on account of injuries sustained by her when a stone from a blast set off by Work Projects Administration employees working on the Monterey Presidio Grounds, Monterey, California, came down on the top of her passing car on April 26, 1939: 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 con- trary 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, August 1, 1941. [CHAPTER 350] AN ACT For the relief of Louis A. Schwan. 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 Louis A. Schwan, of Evansville, Indiana; the sum of $642. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of damage by fire to his orchard caused by the negligence of Work Projects Administration employees, on December 7, 1939: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- priated 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, August 1, 1941. [CHAPTER 351] AN ACT For the relief of Robert Edward Lee. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repreentatives of the United States of America in Congress aseembled, 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 $3,766.75 to Robert Edward Lee, of Rockmart, Georgia, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for per- sonal injuries, and expenses sustained, in a collision with a Govern- ment automobile assigned to the National Park Service and operated in connection with the Civilian Conservation Corps near Chipley, Georgia, on August 8, 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 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, August 9, 1941. 278941'- -4 2 -PT. I-5 Agust 91941 [tR. . i3] [Private Law 1491 Robert Edward Lee. Payment to. Proviso. 949 Proviso. August 1, 1941 [H. R. 3802] [Private Law 148] Louis A. Schwan. Payment to. Prouio.