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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 84-86-FEB. 18 , 1942 Proviso. February 18, 1942 [H. R . 4354] [Private Law 2791 D. H. Dantzler. Payment to. Proveio. February 18, 1942 [H. R . 4773] [Private Law 280] Brooks Equipment and Manufacturing Co. Payment to. Proviso. on account of such accident: 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, February 18, 1942. [CHAPTER 85] AN ACT For the relief of D. H. Dantzler. 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 D. H. Dantzler the sum of $28.55, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for services rendered by him as a de facto United States Commissioner in the eastern district of South Carolina from December 29, 1938, to February 20, 1939, inclusive: 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 convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, February 18, 1942. [CHAPTER 86] AN ACT For the relief of Brooks Equipment and Manufacturing Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UJitcd States of AmericaIin Co0gress 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, and in full settlement of all claims against the United States. the sum of $2,661.69 to Brooks Equipment and Manufacturing Com- pany, for loss sustained by it as a result of the wrecking and destruction of an International tractor and Bucyrus-Erie bullgrader on February 16, 1940, by a Work Projects Administration employee on the farm-to-market road project in Hamilton County, Tennessee, near Montlake: 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 agents, attorney or attor- neys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appro- priated 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 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, February 18, 1942. [56 STAT.