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61 STAT.] 80TH CONG., IST SESS.- CHS. 368-370-JULY 30, 1947 Colbert, Georgia, the sum of $187.15. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States as reim- bursement of the amount the said Myron R. Leard, as acting post- master, paid the Government for loss of money and stamps resulting from robbery of the Colbert, Georgia, post office on July 9, 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 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 30, 1947. [CHAPTER 369] AN ACT For the relief of George Corenevsky. 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 George Corenevsky, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, the sum of $1,905.07. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained on July 5, 1942, when he was struck while at his home at Ashley and Lowela Avenues, Peninsula, Pearl City, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, by a stray bullet fired in a fight nearby between two enlisted men of 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 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 30, 1947. [CHAPTER 370] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Georgia Lanser. 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 $4,304.25, to Mrs. Georgia Lanser, of Elkhorn, Wisconsin, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for per- sonal injuries, hospital and medical expenses, and loss of services sustained as the result of an accident involving a United States Navy bus en route from Hertford, North Carolina, to the naval auxiliary air station at Harvey Point, North Carolina, on August 26, 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 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 30, 1947. 1003 July 30, 1947 [H. R. 914] [Private Law 98] George Corenevsky. July 30, 1947 (H. R . 10911 [Private Law 99] Mrs. Georgia Lanser.