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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 184, 185-APR. 20, 1946 [CHAPTER 184] April 20, 1946 [H. R. 3513] [Private Law 491] Braxton B. Folmar, and others. April 20,1946 [. R. 354] [Private Law 492] AN ACT For the relief of Braxton B. Folmar and Mary Inez Folmar, William Ernest Evans and Dora Ethel Evans, Joseph Thomas Avery and Maggie M. Avery, Robert H. Phillips and Hattie P. Phillips, and the legal guardian of James T. Avery, a minor. 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 to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Braxton B. Folmar and Mary Inez Folmar, rural free delivery numbered 1, Dry Branch, Georgia, the sum of $3,000; to William Ernest Evans and Dora Ethel Evans, rural free delivery numbered 1, Dry Branch, Georgia, the sum of $3,000; to Joseph Thomas Avery and Maggie M. Avery, rural free delivery numbered 1, Dry Branch, Georgia, the sum of $3,000; and to Robert H. Phillips and Hattie P. Phillips, Lizella, Georgia, the sum of $3,000, in full settlement of their claims against the United States on account of the death of their respective sons, Stanley E. Folmar, Ernest C. Evans, James A. Avery, and Robert Gwinn Phillips, and to the legal guardian of James T. Avery, a minor, the sum of $5,063, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the personal injuries sustained by the said James T. Avery and the expenses incurred as a result thereof, resulting from the explosion of an antitank grenade at Camp Wheeler, Georgia, on March 16, 1945: 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 20, 1946. [CHAPTER 185] AN ACT For the relief of Fred C. Liter. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Fred C. Liter. 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, the sum of $1,141.80 to Fred C. Liter, of Harrisonville, Missouri, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries and loss of earnings sustained as a result of being struck by a United States Army vehicle, on February 22, 1945, near Harrisonville, Mis- souri: 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 20, 1946. 1156 [60 STAT.