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967 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1 ST SESS.-CHS. 514-516-NOV. 21 , 1941 ful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, 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, November 21, 1941. [CHAPTER 515] AN ACT For the relief of Lueberta Wilson. 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 Lueberta Wilson, of Roxie, Mississippi, the sum of $300, in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of personal injuries received by her on September 25, 1939, when the car in which she was riding collided with a Government truck owned by the Civilian Conservation Corps and driven by an employee of camp F-26, Meadville, Mississippi, said collision being entirely the fault of the driver of the Government truck: 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, November 21, 1941. November 21. 1941 [H. R. 3003] [Private Law 192] Lueberta Wilson. Payment to. Proso. [CHAPTER 516] AN ACT For the relief of H. L. Reppart, and others. 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 H. L. Reppart the sum of $14.87, to Lloyd M. Blanchard the sum of $5.60, to E. J . Corman the sum of $31.87, to O. E . Henkle the sum of $13.50, to Alva E. Home the sum of $15.18, to Robert F. Mason the sum of $12.07, to Paul E. Jackson the sum of $9.32, to W. F . Tannahill the sum of $2.30, to Walter E. Crabb the sum of $3.25, to Guy A. Murray the sum of $16.05, to Wilson E. Stroup the sum of $63.05, in full satisfaction of claims against the United States covering the value of personal belongings lost by fire in the Work Projects Administra- tion's Topeka, Kansas, office on January 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, November 21, 1941. November 21, 1941 [H. R . 31741 [Private Law 193] II. L. Reppart and others. Payments to. Proweo.