PRIVATE LAWS--CHS. 384-386-JULY 1, 1944 [58 STAT. of $5,359 to the administrator of the estate of Nelson Hawkins, deceased, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damages suffered as the result of the death of said Nelson Hawkins, caused in Portland, Maine, on November 23,1942, when he was shot to death by a soldier of the United States Army, while on guard duty in said Portland: 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 July 1, 1944. [CHAPTER 385] July 1,1944 [H. R . 3481] [Private Law 355] J. William Ingram. July 1, 1944 [H. R . 3538] [Private Law 356] Rev. James T. Den. igan. Ante, p. 871. AN ACT For the relief of J. William Ingram. 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, the sum of $5,511.66, to J. William Ingram, of Green, Clay County, Kansas, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the death of his wife, Mable Ingram, who was killed by a piece of metal from a blast at Fort Riley, Kansas, while driving on a main- traveled artery designated by the military as a public highway: 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 con- tract 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 amount not exceeding $1,000. Approved July 1, 1944. [CHAPTER 386] AN ACT For the relief of the Reverend James T. Denigan. 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 to the Reverend James T. Denigan, of Long Island City, New York, the sum of $6,500. Payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of injuries sustained by the said Rev- erend James T. Denigan, and damage to his automobile, on July 27, 1942, when such automobile was struck by an Army truck at the intersection of Rockaway Boulevard and Burnside Avenue in Far Rockaway, New York: 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 July 1, 1944. 1014
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