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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 429-431 -JUNE 21, 1946 from his home to Denver, Colorado, during the period from November 26 to December 2, 1940, pursuant to a subpena served on him by a deputy United States marshal to testify in a case before the District Court of the United States for the District of Colorado: 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 430] June 21, 1946 [H. R . 3359] [Private Law 670] Mrs. Mary Belk. June 21, 1946 [ll. R. 3401] [Private Law 671] Mrs. Hattie Main Babcock, and others. AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Mary Belk. 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 Mrs. Mary Belk, Lake- dale, Cumberland, County, North Carolina, the sum of $3,500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. Mary Belk against the United States on account of the death of her minor son, Ralph Ceburn Belk, who died as a result of being struck by a United States Army plane attempting to make an emer- gency landing on a highway on November 28, 1943, said Ralph Ceburn Belk being there lawfully engaged in delivering newspapers: 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 21, 1946. [CHAPTER 431] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Hattie Main Babcock, Chester N. Main, and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Norman. 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 is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mrs. Hattie Main Babcock and Chester N. Main, of Westerly, Rhode Island, the sum of $5,532, and to pay the sum of $4,224.95 to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Norman, of Stonington Connecticut, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for property damage and loss of rents of Mrs. Hattie Babcock and Chester N. Main, and for personal injuries, medical and hospital expenses, and property damage of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Norman sustained as the result of a crash of a United States Navy airplane to property located on Flanders Road, Stonington, Connecticut, on June 28, 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 1232 [60 STAT.