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Feb. 26, 1943 57 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , IST SESS.-CHS. 5, 6, Fb , 1943 sustained by him as a result of the motor vehicle in which he was riding as a passenger being struck by a United States Army truck, at the intersection of United States Highway Numbered 41 and Illinois State Highway Numbered 22, on April 16, 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 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 February 26, 1943. [CHAPTER 6] AN ACT For the relief of Charles F. Kegel. Be it eacted 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, the sum of $450 to Charles F. Kegel, of Turner, Montana, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for the loss of his truck, such truck having been destroyed on December 5, 1936, by a fire which burned a garage at Turner, Montana, in which it was stored for the purpose of safeguarding its load, consisting of property used in connection with Resettlement Administration projects: 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 1, 1943. [CHAPTER 9] AN ACT For the relief of Emiliano Lopez and Eliza R. Lopez. 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 Emiliano Lopez and Eliza R. Lopez, Santa Fe, New Mexico, the sum of $615.30. Payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States by the said Emiliano and Eliza R. Lopez for damages arising out of an accident in which Patricio Lopez, minor son of the said Emiliano and Eliza R. Lopez, suffered personal injuries when the truck which he was driving collided with a truck owned by the United States and used in connection with Indian Serv- ice operations in the Pueblo Nambe, Sante Fe County, New Mexico, on August 12, 1939: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- priated 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 649 March 1, 1943 [S. 167] [Private Law 6] Charles F. Kegel. March 2, 1943 8S.493] [Private Law 61 Emiliano Lopez and Eliza R. Lopez.