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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 372-374-SEPT. 21, 1945 September 3, 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 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 21, 1945. [CHAPTER 373] September 21,1945 [H. R. 154] [Private Law 191] William W. Mad- dox, and others. AN ACT For the relief of William W. Maddox and the legal guardian of Donna Sue Maddox and Saddle Inez Maddox. 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, to William W. Maddox, route 3, De Ridder, Louisiana, father of Joseph Harold Maddox, David LeRoy Maddox, Donna Sue Maddox, and Saddle Inez Maddox, minors, the sum of $4,000, and to pay the sum of $500 to the legal guardian of Donna Sue Maddox, and to pay the sum of $2,000 to the legal guardian of Saddle Inez Maddox. Such sums are in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of the deaths of Joseph Harold Maddox and David LeRoy Maddox, who were killed, and for personal injuries, hospital, and medical expenses for Donna Sue Maddox and Saddie Inez Maddox sustained as a result of an explosion of an antitank rocket or a rifle grenade collected from the artillery range at Camp Polk, Louisiana, on October 8, 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 agents, attorney or attor- neys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appro- priated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, 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 21, 1945. [CHAPTER 374] AN ACT For the relief of Aloysius G. Miller. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congressassembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Aloysius G. Miller, New Orleans, Louisiana, the sum of $175. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Aloysius G. Miller against the United States for property damages sustained on July 14, 1944, when his car, parked on Forshey Street, New Orleans, Louisi- ana, was struck by a United States Army truck: 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 September 21, 1945 [H. R. 1913] [Private Law 192] Aloysius G. Miller. [59 STAT.