Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 56 Part 2.djvu/168

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56 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 758-760-DEC. 17, 1942 against the United States. Such sum represents reimbursement for the loss sustained by him on account of the forfeiture to the United States of a like amount under a bail bond executed by the said Silas Frankel and Louis M. Koren and conditioned upon the delivery in court of one Herbert G. Baumhoff, alias "Chubby". By reason of the nonappearance of the said Herbert G. Baumhoff, alias "Chubby", said bail bond was declared forfeited in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern Division, on October 24, 1939: 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- ful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a mis- demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, December 17, 1942. [CHAPTER 759] AN ACT For the relief of Doctor J. M. Scott and Mrs. J . M . Scott. 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 is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Doctor J. M . Scott, the sum of $2,175, and to Mrs. J. M . Scott, the sum of $1,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries and property damage sustained when the car in which they were riding was struck by a station wagon belonging to the National Youth Administration near the intersection of Township Road and the Ohio State Road Numbered 164, in Carroll County, Ohio, on April 22, 1942: 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, December 17, 1942. [CHAPTER 760] AN ACT For the relief of Arkansas Gazette, Hope Star, the Hope Journal, Arkansas Democrat Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropri- ated, the sum of $96.25 to the Arkansas Gazette, of Little Rock, Arkansas; to pay the sum of $66.50 to the Hope Star, of Hope Arkansas; to pay the sum of $85.75 to the Hope Journal, of Hope, Arkansas; to pay the sum of $98 to the Arkansas Democrat Com- pany, of Little Rock, Arkansas, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for advertising under instructions from the December 17,1942 [H. R. 73161 [Private Law 5991 Dr. J. M. Scott and Mrs. J. M. Scott. Payments to. Pi*" Deaember 17, 194 [H. R. 7333] [Private Law 6001 Arkansas Gazette and others. Payments to. 1245 Proiao.