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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 343-34--JUNE 11, 1946 June 11, 1946 [H. R . 3702] [Private Law 594] Maurice C. Ritter. June 11, 1946 [H. R. 3770] [Private Law 595] Lyndon T. Mont- gomery. June 11, 1946 [H. R. 3781] [Private Law 596] Mabel M. Fischer and Nora M. Stein- metz. [CHAPTER 343] AN ACT For the relief of Maurice C. Ritter. 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 Maurice C. Ritter, of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, the sum of $3,500. Payment of such sum shall be in full satisfaction of all claims of the said Maurice C. Ritter against the United States on account of pain and suffering, and impair- ment of his ability to work, resulting from injuries suffered by him on July 12, 1944, when, through no negligence on his part, the Army truck in which he was a passenger overturned at a point between the New Cumberland Ordnance Depot and the Pennsylvania Industrial School. 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 June 11, 1946. [CHAPTER 344] AN ACT For the relief of Lyndon T. Montgomery. 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 Lyndon T. Montgomery, of Moulton, Alabama, the sum of $2,571.50, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for injuries, ain, and suffering, physical disability and loss of earnings sustained by the said Lyndon T. Montgomery, as the result of being thrown from a Government owned and operated motor vehicle in or near Moulton, Alabama, on April 29, 1943: 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 June 11, 1946. [CHAPTER 345] AN ACT For the relief of Mabel M. Fischer and Nora M. Steinmetz. 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 Mabel M. Fischer, widow of Frederick E. Fischer, and to Nora M. Steinmetz, widow of Frank L. Steinmetz, each, the sum of $5,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States as compensa- tion for the death of their husbands, Frederick E. Fischer and Frank 1200 [60 STAT.