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PRIVATE LAWS--CHS. 444, 445, 457-SEPT. 27, 0,1944 [58 STAT. [CHAPTER 444] AN ACT For the relief of Ralph W. Cooley. September 27, 1944 [H. R . 3464] [Private Law 385] Ralph W. Cooley. [CHAPTER 445] September 27, 1944 [H. R. 3496] [Private Law 386] Ernest A. Grottke. September 30, 1944 [H. R . 1040] [Private Law 387] Frank Henderson and Frances Nell Hen- derson. AN ACT For the relief of Ernest A. Grottke. 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 Ernest A. Grottke, of the Township of Fremont, county of Clark, State of Wisconsin, the sum of $3,500, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for compensation for personal injuries sustained by him as the result of an accident involving an Army truck and a Ford coach in which he was a passenger on the Blackhawk Road (Kishwaukee Forest Preserve Road), near Camp Grant, Illinois, on June 19, 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 con- viction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved September 27, 1944. [CHAPTER 4571 AN ACT For the relief of Frank Henderson and Frances Nell Henderson, his wife. 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 Frank Henderson, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the sum of $250, and to his wife, Frances Nell Henderson, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the sum of $1,500, in full settlement of their respective claims against the United States for personal injuries received when the automobile 1026 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 Ralph W. Cooley, of Providence, Rhode Island, the sum of $931.90, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries and property damage sustained by him as a result of an automobile accident which occurred on the 28th day of September 1942, and involved a Government-owned motor vehicle, to wit, Navy truck numbered 24080, operated by a member of the United States Naval Reserve: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or deliv- ered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlaw- ful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person vio- lating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved September 27, 1944.