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58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 510-512-DEC. 6, 1944 in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Yellow Cab Transit Company, of 1405 Ramsey Tower, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma the sum of $2,267.98 and to Equitable Fire and Marine Insurance Com- pany, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the sum of $7,901.83 . Payment of such sums shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the loss of tractor numbered 387, semitrailer num- bered 338 and cargo carried therein resulting from a collision with a United States Army truck on United States Highway Numbered 66, near Hazelgreen, Missouri, on August 10, 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 December 6, 1944. 1045 Equitable Fire and Marine Insurance Company. [CHAPTER 511] AN ACT For the relief of Frederick G. Goebel. 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, the sum of $103.45, to Frederick G. Goebel, of Van Buren, Maine, a customs patrol inspector, United States Bureau of Customs, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for reimbursement of the total amount refunded by him as the result of the disallowance by the General Accounting Office of part of the travel expenses incurred by him during the period January 22 to February 7, 1937, inclusive, in trav- eling by personally owned automobile from Buffalo, New York, to Portland, Oregon, such excess travel expenses having resulted from the taking of a circuitous route necessitated by acts of God and other conditions beyond the control of the said Frederick G. Goebel: Pro- vided, 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 December 6, 1944. December 6 1944 [S. 1461] [Private Law 431] Frederick 0. Goe- bel. [CHAPTER 512] AN ACT For the relief of Helen Halverson. 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 Helen Halverson, of Kimball, South Dakota, the sum of $2,500, in full satisfaction of her claims against the United States for compensation for personal inju- ries sustained by her, and for reimbursement of medical, hospital, and other expenses incurred by her, as a result of an accident which occurred when the bicycle which she was riding was struck by a 93650---45-PT . II - - December 6 1944 [S. 1731) [Private Law 432] Helen Halverson.