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57 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , IST SESS.-CHS. 111-113-JUNE 1, 1943 [CHAPTER 111] AN ACT For the relief of Howard E. Dickison. 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 Howard E. Dickison, Cass Lake, Minnesota, the sum of $1,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for losses sustained by the said Howard E. Dicki- son on account of the death of Ronald Dean Dickison, his minor son, as the result of an accident on January 15, 1938, near Cass Lake, Minnesota, involving a motor vehicle in the service of the Civilian Conservation Corps: 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 of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved June 1, 1943. [CHAPTER 112] AN ACT For the relief of Cordie Underwood and Wilbur Kea. 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 Cordie Underwood, of Soperton, Georgia, the sum of $400.50 and to Wilbur Kea, of Soperton, Georgia, the sum of $394.50, in full satis- faction of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by War Department vehicle Numbered W-418102, driven by Private Ralph Dewalt, of the Coast Artillery, United States Army, in line of duty, at Soperton, Georgia, on September 26, 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 June 1, 1943. [CHAPTER 113] AN ACT For the relief of Alva Burton Rickey. 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 is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Alva Burton Rickey 810 South Spring Street, Los Angeles, California, the sum of $2,943.15, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, hospital and medical expenses, sustained when June 1, 1943 [H. R. 940] [Private Law 48] Howard E. Dicki- son. June 1, 1943 [H. R. 1153] [Private Law 49] Cordie Underwood and Wilbur Kea. mune1, 1943 [H. R. 1160] [Private Law 50] Alva Burton Rickey. 667