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59 STAT.] 79Tr CONG., 1ST SESS. -CHS. 587, 610, 611-DEC. 21, 28, 195 [CHAPTER 587] AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act for the relief of certain settlers in the town site of Ketchum, Idaho", approved July 11, 1940, so as to extend for three years the time for making application for benefits thereunder. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled,That the Act entitled "An Act for the relief of certain settlers in the town site of Ketchum, Idaho", approved July 11, 1940, is amended by striking out the words "three years" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "six years". Approved December 21, 1945. [CHAPTER 610] AN ACT For the relief of Edgar Kaigler. 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 Edgar Kaigler, of Daytona Beach, Florida, the sum of $2,713.79, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for the death of Lela Morris, the mother of Edgar Kaigler, the said Lela Morris having been killed on September 10, 1943, when a United States Navy airplane, SBD-4, bureau number 10371, crashed into the home of Lela Morris, on 425 Maple Street, Daytona Beach, Florida: 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 28, 1945. [CHAPTER 6111 AN ACT For the relief of Virginia Packard. 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 Virginia Packard, 931 Gainsborough Drive, Pasadena, California, the sum of $80.33. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for reimbursement of the cost of travel from Pasadena, California, to Sweetwater, Texas, while under official orders to report for Women's Airforce Service Pilot training, which training was terminated while the claimant was en route to Sweet- water, Texas, as a result of administrative action based on recom- mendations by Members of the House of Representatives: 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 con- trary 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 28, 1945. 817 December 21, 1945 [S. 8621 [Private Law 320] Ketchum, Idaho. 54 Stat. 1335. December 28, 1945 [H. R. 207] [Private Law 321] Edgar Kaigler. December 28, 1945 [H. R. 215] [Private Law 322] Virginia Packard.