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60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 427-429-JUNE 21, 1946 [CHAPTER 427] AN ACT For the relief of D. C. Todd. 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 D. C . Todd, of Buffalo, New York, the sum of $7,850.45, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, medical and hospital expenses, cost of artificial leg, property damage, and loss of earnings sustained as the result of an accident involving a United States Army vehicle in Tonawanda, New York, on January 31, 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 21, 1946. [CHAPTER 428] AN ACT For the relief of Juan Calcafio. 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 Juan Calcalo, Loiza, Puerto Rico, the sum of $3,000. The payment of such sum will be in full settlement of all claims of the said Juan Calcafio against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained by him as the result of an accident on October 1, 1941, when the United States Army truck in which he was riding in line of duty as a member of the insular police slipped from Road Numbered 44 connecting Can6vanas and Loiza Aldea, Puerto Rico, and struck a tree: 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 attor- ney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstand- ing. 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 Junoe 21, 1946. [CHAPTER 429] AN ACT For the relief of Walter A. Moffatt. June 21, 194 [H. R. 3031] [Private Law 689] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled, That the Secretary Wa ter A- Mofatt of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Walter A. Moffatt, San Fernando, California, the sum of $142.90 . The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Walter A. Moffatt against the United States for witness fees, per diem allow- ances, and mileage due him in connection with a round trip taken S0634°-48 --PT . -- 9 1231 June 21, 1946 [H. R . 1460] [Private Law 867] D. C. Todd. June 21, 1946 [H. R. 2772] [Private Law 668] Juan Calcafio.