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60 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 559-561 -JULY 11, 1946 of Norwood, Massachusetts, the sum of $1,000, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for compensation for personal injuries sustained by him, as a result of an accident which occurred when the automobile which he was driving was struck by a United States Army vehicle, on Dollar Lane, in Milton, Massachusetts, on August 14, 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 July 11, 1946. ICHAPTER 560] AN ACT For the relief of the legal guardian of Arlis Earl Teekell. 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 the legal guardian of Arlis Earl Teekell a minor, of Hineston, Louisiana, the sum of $3,000, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for compensation for personal injuries sustained on February 19, 1944, by the said Arlis Earl Teekell, and the subsequent aggravation of such injuries which led to the loss of his left eye, as a result of the explosion of a .30 -caliber blank cartridge which had come into his possession through the negligence of United States military per- sonnel who, while engaged in training maneuvers, left a quantity of such cartridges on a public road in the vicinity of the home of the said Arlis Earl Teekell: 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 July 11, 1946. [CHAPTER 561] AN ACT For the relief of Brigadier General Carl H. Seals. 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 Brigadier General Carl H. Seals, of Laurel, Maryland, the sum of $1,550.47, in full satis- faction of his claim against the United States for the difference between (1) the amount he was actually allowed as compensation for the value of the personal property which he lost as a result of the invasion of the Philippine Islands by the Japanese in December 1941, and (2) the amount which the War Department has now determined should have been allowed to the said Brigadier General Carl H. Seals as compensation for the value of such property: Provided, That no 1251 July 11, 1946 [S. 1852] [Private Law 718] Guardian of Arlis Earl Teekel. July 11, 1946 [S. 19121 [Private Law 719] Brig. (en. Carl H Seals.