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56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 594-596-OCT. 13, 1942 [CHAPTER 594] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Felix Belanger. 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 Mrs. Felix Belanger, of Billings, Montana, the sum of $2,914.50, in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States for reim- bursement of medical and hospital expenses and for compensation for personal injuries sustained by her as the result of being struck by a revolving door at the United States Post Office in Billings, Montana, on November 4, 1939: 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, October 13, 1942. [CHAPTER 595] AN ACT For the relief of Monroe Short. 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 Monroe Short, of Wise County, Virginia, the sum of $5,000, in full satisfaction of his claims against the United States for compensation for the deaths of his sons, Kermit Short and Victor Short, who were killed, on June 9, 1939, as the result of being struck by a bolt of lightning which was carried to the house of the said Monroe Short, a local fire warden, by unconnected telephone wires installed by enrollees of the Civilian Conservation Corps, such wires not having been grounded: 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 m any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, October 13, 1942. [CHAPTER 596] AN ACT For the relief of G. C . Barco and W. G. Knowles. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Attorney General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to cancel the judgment in favor of the United States against G. C . Barco and W. G. Knowles, of West Palm Beach, Florida, as sureties on a forfeited bail bond in a criminal proceeding against Courtney Hardin in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Approved, October 13, 1942. 1205 October 13, 192 [8. 305] [Private Law 501] Mrs. Felix Belanger. Payment to. October 13 1942 [8. 317 [Private Law 02] Monroe Short. Payment to. Pro.k& October 13, 1942 [S. 1220] [Private Law b03] 0. C. Barco and W. 0 . Knowles. Cancelation of judg- ment.