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55 STAT.] 77TH CONG., lST SESS. -CHS. 434, 435, 439-OCT. 13, 14, 1941 [CHAPTER 434] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. A. B. Tanner. 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 Mrs. A . B. Tanner, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the sum of $5,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damages sustained by the said Mrs. A. B. Tanner on account of the death of her husband A. B . Tanner, who was struck by a bullet fired by a sentry, Private Olen R. Ekes, at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, on October 8, 1940, when the driver of the automobile in which the said A. B. Tanner was riding, L. B . Tanner, his son, failed to execute properly an order given by the sentry: 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 exceed- ing $1,000. Approved, October 13, 1941. [CHAPTER 435] AN ACT For the relief of Victor M. Lenzer, former special disbursing agent, Department of Labor. 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 in the accounts of Victor M. Lenzer, former special agent, Department of Labor, the sum of $139.79, public funds for which he is accountable, and which were paid by him in good faith to employees of the United States traveling, but not stationed, in foreign countries, for exchange losses, according to his interpreta- tion of the rules then in effect governing such payments. Approved, October 13, 1941. [CHAPTER 439] AN ACT For the relief of Pherne Miller. 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 Pherne Miller, of Washington, District of Columbia, the sum of $200 in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States for com- pensation for services performed by her in making drawings for the United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission during the year 1931: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or deliv- ered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlaw- 957 October 13, 1941 [S. 1228] [Private Law 166] Mrs. A. B . Tanner. Payment to. Provieo. October 13, 1941 [S. 1655] [Private Law 167] Victor M. Lenzer. Credit in accounts. October 11941 [S. 6S] 1 [Private Law 168] Pherne Miller. Payment to.