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56 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 236-238 -APR . 8 , 9 , 1942 [CHAPTER 236] AN ACT For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. F. Wilder Temple. 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 Mr. and Mrs. F. Wilder Temple, of Upton, Massachusetts, the sum of $5,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the death of their son, F. Wilder Temple, Junior, who died a few minutes after being struck by a United States Army truck on the "Common" in Upton Center, Massachusetts, on September 3, 1941: 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, April 8, 1942. [CHAPTER 237] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Eddie A. Schneider. 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 to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mrs. Eddie A. Schneider, of 3250 Ninety-third Street, Jackson Heights Long Island, New York, the sum of $7,500 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the death of her husband, Eddie A. Schneider, who was killed by the collision of a United States naval plane with private plane piloted by him, near Floyd Bennett Field, New York, on December 23, 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 con- trary 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, April 9, 1942. [CHAPTER 238] AN ACT For the relief of Allene Ruhlman and John P. Ruhlman. 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 Allene Ruhlman the sum of $4,000 and to John P. Ruhlman, both of New York, the sum of $2,185, in full settlement of their claims against the United States Government as a result of personal injuries and property damage sustained when the automobile in which they 1149 April 8, 1942 [H. R. 59771 [Private Law 364] Mr. and Mrs. F. Wilder Temple. Payment to. Proviso. April 9, 1942 [H. R. 52901 [Private Law 365] Mrs. Eddie A. Schneider. Payment to. Proviso. April 9, 1942 [H. R . 54731 [Private Law 3661 Allene Ruhlman and John P. Ruhl- man. Payments to.