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1131 60 STAT.] 79rH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 98-100-MAR . 16, 1946 being struck by a United States Army jeep in Rochester, New York, on June 14, 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 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 March 16, 1946. [CHAPTER 99] AN ACT For the relief of Albert E. Severns. 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 Albert E. Severns, Seattle, Washington, the sum of $2,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained by him on June 19, 1943, when he was struck by a United States Army command car near the intersection of First Avenue South and Railroad Avenue in Seattle Washington: 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 per- son 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 March 16, 1946. [CHAPTER 100] AN ACT For relief of Mrs. S . P . Burton. 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. S. P. Burton, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the sum of $1,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. S. P. Burton against the United States for personal injuries and property damage (excluding certain medical expenses and clothing damage for which she has been reimbursed in the amount of $252.93) sustained as the result of a collision, on September 17, 1943, on Airline Highway Numbered 61 near Reserve, Louisiana, between the car in which she was riding and a truck and semivan in the service in the United States Army: 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 March 16, 1946. March 16, 1946 [H. R. 2335] [Private Law 4321 Albert E. Severns. March 16, 1946 [H. R. 2487] [Private Law 433] Mrs. S.P.Burton.