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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 362 -364 - JUNE 11, 1946 [CHAPTER 362] June 11, 1946 [H. R . 4491] [Private Law 613] Vertie Bea Loggins. June 11, 1946 [H. R. 4527] [Private Law 614] O. T. Nelson and Clara Nelson. AN ACT For the relief of Vertie Bea Loggins. 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 Miss Vertie Bea Loggins, Los Angeles, California, the sum of $5,000. The pay- ment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by Vertie Bea Loggins as the result of the explosion of a shell which was fired from an artillery range on the Camp Cooke Military Reservation, California, on May 12, 1944, causing the loss of her right arm: Pro- vided, 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 363] AN ACT For the relief of 0. T. Nelson, and wife, Clara Nelson. 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 O. T . Nelson, and his wife, Clara Nelson both of route 1, Hempstead, Texas, the sum of $6,821.89 in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained by each of them, resulting from an accident involving an Army vehicle on Highway 290 between Waller and Hempstead, Texas, on February 11, 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 June 11, 1946. [CHAPTER 364] June 11, 1946 [H. R. 4537] [Private Law 615] AN ACT For the relief of Lillian Jacobs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Lillian Jacobs. 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 $2,005 to Lillian Jacobs, of Elberon. New Jersey. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of personal injuries and loss of earnings sustained when the 1208 [60 STAT.