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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 159-161-JUNE 26, 1943 June 26, 1943 [S. 520] [Private Law 65] Freddie Sanders. Edd Harris. June 26, 1943 [S. 625] [Private Law 66] A. C. Blount and Oscar Williams. Battalion, while said car was contained in a train being transported by the said railway on its tracks for the movement of the said Ninety- seventh Field Artillery Battalion en route to San Francisco, port of embarkation, March 8, 1942: 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 June 26, 1943. [CHAPTER 160] AN ACT For the relief of Freddie Sanders and Edd Harris. 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 Freddie Sanders, widow of Jim Sanders, deceased, the sum of $5,000, in full settlement of all her claims against the Government of the United States on account of the death of her husband, who died on November 9, 1940, as a result of injuries sustained on November 2, 1940, when the wagon which he was driving was struck by a truck operated by an employee of the Civil Aeronautics Authority on Highway Numbered 64, about two miles west of Hornsby, in Harde- man County, Tennessee, and the sum of $500 to Edd Harris, in full satisfaction of all injuries sustained by him while riding as a passenger in such wagon at such time: 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 June 26, 1943. [CHAPTER 161] AN ACT For the relief of A. C. Blount and Oscar Williams. 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 A. C. Blount, of Pensacola, Florida, and Oscar Williams, of Muscogee, Florida, the sum of $3,000, in full satisfaction of their claim against the United States for compensation for the loss of a dwelling house located in Baldwin County, Alabama, which was destroyed by fire on Decem- ber 21, 1942, when an electric power line which was severed by a United States Navy airplane fell on such dwelling house and set it afire: 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 674 [57 STAT.

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