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60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 161-164 -APR. 20 , 1946 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 April 20, 1946. [CHAPTER 162] AN ACT For the relief of Lee Harrison. 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 he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to Lee Harrison, a resident of Moose Creek, Alaska, the sum of $313.75, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for injuries sustained by his wife, Mrs. Annie Har- rison, now deceased, on September 23, 1941, on Glenn Highway, near Palmer, Alaska, while a passenger in a United States Army vehicle: 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 April 20, 1946. [CHAPTER 163] AN ACT For the relief of Edward W. Thurber. 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 he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $3,000, to Edward W. Thurber, of Pawtuxet, Rhode Island, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for property dam- age, personal injuries, and loss in earnings sustained and medical and hospital expenses incurred by him as the result of an accident which occurred on November 2,1942, in Warwick, Rhode Island, involving an Army airplane: 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 April 20, 1946. [CHAPTER 164] AN ACT For the relief of the Cape and Vineyard Electric Company. 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 Cape and Vineyard Electric Company, Hyannis, Massachusetts, the sum of $2,930.62. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against 1147 April 20, 1946 [H. R . 2156] [Private Law 469] Lee Harrison. April 20, 1946 [H. R . 2244] [Private Law 470] Edward W. Tbur- ber. April 20, 1946 [H. R. 2249] [Private Law 471] Cape and Vineyard Electric Company.