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56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 172, 176, 177-MAR. 7, 9 , 1942 sustained by them on October 1, 1939, when the car driven by Jane Hawk was struck by an automobile being driven by a special- delivery messenger of the Atlanta post office: 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 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, March 7, 1942. 1133 Proviso. [CHAPTER 176] AN ACT March 9,1942 For the relief of National Heating Company, Washington, District of Columbia. [H. R. 2980] fPrivatA Law ll11 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 the National Heating Company of Washington, District of Columbia, the sum of $8,613.93 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for losses occasioned by a typographical error made in connec- tion with the submission of a bid for the construction of a central heating plant at Langley Field, Virginia, with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (N. A. C . A. contract-NAw 876, requisi- tion 47) : 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, March 9, 1942. National Heating Company, Washing- ton, D. 0. Payment to. Proiso. [CHAPTER 177] AN ACT For the relief of Estella King. 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 appropriated, to Estella King, of Provo Utah, the sum of $3,000, in full satisfac- tion of her claim against the United States for compensation for the death of her daughter, Bonrle King, who was killed on March 25, 1939, when she was struck, while crossing United States Highway Numbered 91, in Provo, Utah, by a truck operated by William E. Pyne, who was engaged in the performance of duties for which he was receiving compensation from the Works Progress Administra- tion: 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. March 9 1942 I .R.9e6e] iPrivate Law 332j Estella King. Payment to. Proiro.