Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 59 Part 2.djvu/93

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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 350 -352-JULY 31, 1945 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 July 31, 1945. [CHAPTER 351] July 31, 1945 [H. R. 1861] [Private Law 176] Greenfield Payne, estate. July 31,1945 IH. R. 22261 [Private Law 177] Hugh P. Ounnells and Mrs. Dezaree Ounnells. AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Greenfield Payne. 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 the estate of Greenfield Payne the sum of $5,270, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for compensation for the death of Greenfield Payne on September 21, 1944, when he was struck by a bomber of the United States Army north of Berry Field in Nashville, Tennessee: 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 July 31, 1945. [CHAPTER 352] AN ACT For the relief of Hugh P. Gunnells and Mrs. Dezaree Gunnells. 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, the sum of $21,000, to Hugh P. Gunnells and Mrs. Dezaree Gunnells, of Charleston, South Carolina, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, hospital and medical expenses incident thereto, and as compensation for the death of their daughters, Pamella Ann and Patricia Joyce Gunnells, as the result of being struck by a United States Army staff car at the intersection of Meeting and Columbus Streets, Charleston, South Carolina, on February 13, 1944: 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 con- tract 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 July 31, 1945. [59 STAT.