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60 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 2D SESS. -CHS. 485, 486, 492-JUNE 25, 26, 1946 [CHAPTER 485] AN ACT For the relief of Ernest I. Wade and Alma Wade. 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 Ernest I. Wade and Alma Wade, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the sum of $3,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of the death of their daughter, said Novella Wade, who was instantly killed on June 14, 1943, when struck by a United States Army truck on Halls Hill Pike, about three miles northeastward from Mur- freesboro, Tennessee: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- priated 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 25, 1946. 1245 June 25, 1946 [H. R . 49971 [Private Law 703] Ernest I. Wade and Alma Wade. [CHAPTER 486] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Dora Foster. 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. Dora Foster, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, the sum of $5,719. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. Dora Foster against the United States as compensation for the death of her husband, Fred L. Foster, and burial and other expenses incidental thereto, as the result of an accident involving an Army truck which occurred in Lake Charles on March 25, 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 notwith- standing. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined m any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved June 25, 1946. [CHAPTER 492] AN ACT For the relief of George Lassila, administrator of the estate of Senia Lassila. 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, the sum of $5,000 to George Lassila, administrator of the estate of Senia Lassila, deceased, of Ironwood, Michigan, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for her death sustained as the result of blasting by the Work Projects Administration near her home on Vander-Hagen Road, Ironwood, Michigan, on June 18, 1941: Provided, That no part June 25, 1946 [H. R. 50711 [Private Law 704] Mrs. Dora Foster. June 26. 1946 [H. R. 3185] [Private Law 705] Senia Lassila, es- tate.