58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 62, 68, 69-FEB. 22, 26, 1944 paid by him from personal funds in the settlement of the accounts of the Service Club, One Hundred Eighty-fourth Field Artillery, Battle Creek, Michigan, which was established with the approval and liquidated by direction of his commanding officer: 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 22, 1944. [CHAPTER 68] AN ACT For the relief of J. E . McCoy and Son. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembeld, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to J. E. McCoy and Son, Kingsland, Arkansas, the sum of $131.03, in full settlement of all claims against the United States, by reason of such sum representing the aggregate amount payable to the said J. E . McCoy and Son as endorser of seven United States Treasurer checks which, during the month of November 1939, were mailed by the said J. E . McCoy and Son to the Bank of Rison, Rison, Arkansas, for deposit, but which were stolen from the mails, and cashed by the thief by means of erasing the endorsement and falsely representing himself as payee: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act m 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 26, 1944. [CHAPTER 691 AN ACT For the relief of James T. Rogers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Coii/,ess a.semnbled, 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 James T. Rogers, of Birmingham, Alabama, the sum of $300, the amount appropriated by Private Act Numbered 452, Seventy-fifth Congress, to G. D. Thornhill, and the further sum of $79.33, in full settlement of all claims against the United States in consideration of James T. Rogers having paid the judgment in the sum of $300 obtained against him by G. D . Thornhill in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, and court costs in such pro- ceeding in the sum of $79.33: 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 February 26, 1944 [H. R. 1872] [Private Law 213] J. E. McCoy and Son. February 26, 1944 [H R. 3001) IPrivate Law 214] James T. Rogers. 52 Stat. 1280. 955
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