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60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2 D SESS.-CHS. 396-398-JUNE 12, 1946 [CHAPTER 396] AN ACT For the relief of George H. Buxton, Junior. 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 $213.90, to George H. Buxton, Junior, in full settlement of all his claims against the United States for damages to his automobile sustained on June 5, 1944, while he was driving his said automobile west on Highway Numbered 80, a six-lane highway near Dallas, Texas: 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 pro- visions 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 12, 1946. June 12,1946 [H. R. 4416] [Private Law 643] George H. Buxton, Jr. [CHAPTER 397] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Edna B. LeBlanc. 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 hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $3,584, to Mrs. Edna B. LeBlanc, of Iberia Parish, Louisiana, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States for the death of her husband, Ulysse LeBlanc, as a result of a collision between the car in which he was a passenger and a United States Army vehicle, on United States Highway Numbered 90, near Cade, Louisiana, on Janu- ary 17, 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 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 12, 1946. [CHAPTER 398] AN ACT For the relief of Cleo D. Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Jack B. Cherry. 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 Cleo D. Johnson, Handley, Texas, the sum of $420, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damage caused to his automobile when it was struck by an Army vehicle in Temple, Texas, on July 4, 1945, and to Mr. and Mrs. Jack B. Cherry, of Arlington, Texas, the sum of $201, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by Mrs. Jack B. Cherry and their minor child, Richard K. Cherry, and the medical and hospital expenses incurred for their treatment as the result of the same accident: June 12, 146 [H. R. 4670] [Private Law 644] Mrs. Edna B. Le- Blanc. June 12,1946 [H. R . 4904] [Private Law 645] Cleo D. Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Jack B. Cherry. 1221