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59 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 1ST SESS.- CHS. 545-547-DEC. 3, 1945 [CHAPTER 545] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Harper Theodore Duke, Junior. 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 $4,513 to the estate of Harper Theodore Duke, Junior, of Nashville, Tennessee, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for property damage, for the death of said Harper Theodore Duke, Junior, and for the expenses incurred in connection with his burial, resulting from the said Harper Theodore Duke, Junior, being killed in the crash of an Army airplane at the Municipal Airport at Nashville, Tennessee, on September 21, 1944: 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 per- son 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 3, 1945. 809 December 3, 1945 [H. R. 2886] [Private Law 301] Harper Theodore Duke ,Jr., estate. [CHAPTER 546] AN ACT For the relief of John Hames. 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 John Hames, Vin- cennes, Indiana, the sum of $750. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said John Hames against the United States on account of the serious and permanent personal injury sustained by him on October 8, 1943, in Vincennes, Indiana, when he was struck by an Army truck, one of a convoy from Fort Knox, Kentucky: 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 3, 1945. [CHAPTER 547] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Addie S. Lewis. 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 $5,744.25, to Mrs. Addie S. Lewis, of Everett, Massachusetts, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for compensation for the death of her husband, Chauncey D. Lewis, and for expenses incurred in connection therewith, as a result of injuries sustained by him when the automobile which he was driving was struck by a United States 663470 - -47 --PT . II -9 December 3, 1945 [H. R. 3011] [Private Law 302] John Hames. December 3, 1946 [H. R. 3135] [Private Law 303] Mrs Addie S. Lewis.