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58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CIS. 467-469--SEPT. 30 , 1944 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 convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved September 30, 1944. [CHAPTER 468] AN ACT For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. D . F. Still. 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 D. F. Still, of Nin- nekah, Oklahoma, the sum of $660 to Mr. D. F. Still, and to pay the sum of $1,000 to Mrs. D . F. Still, both of Ninnekah, Oklahoma, in full settlement of all claims against the United States as compensation for property damage, personal injury, medical and hospital expenses incurred by them as the result of an accident which occurred when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a United States Army truck near Chickasha, Oklahoma, on January 15, 1943: 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 misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved September 30, 1944. [CHAPTER 469] AN ACT For the relief of Michael Eatman, Junior, and Mrs. Michael Eatman, Junior. Be it enacted by the Senate and Hrouse 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 Michael Eatman, Junior, of Meridian, Mississippi, the sum of $246.14, and to Mrs. Michael Eatman, Junior, of Meridian, Mississippi, the sum of $100, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for property damage and personal injuries sus- tained when the automobile of Michael Eatman, Junior, being driven by Mrs. Michael Eatman, Junior, was struck by a United States Army truck at the intersection of Seventh Street and Twenty-eighth Avenue, in the city of Meridian, Mississippi, on March 21, 1942: 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 September 30, 1944. September 30, 1944 [H. R . 2873] [Private Law 398] Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Still. September 30. 1944 [U. R. 2919] [Private Law 399] Michael EatIran, Junior, and Mrs. Michael Eatman, Jun- ior.