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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 485 -487-NOV. 29,1944 [CHAPTER 485] AN ACT For the relief of Charles T. Allen. November 29, 1944 [S. 122] [Private Law 410] Charles T. Allen. [CHAPTER 4861 November 29 1944 [S. 13i85 [Private Law 411] J. C. Drewry. November 29, 1944 [S. 14511 [Private Law 412] Stephen Holliday. Confirmationoftitle to certain lands. AN ACT For the relief of J. C. Drewry. 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 J. C. Drewry, of Ninnekah, Oklahoma, the sum of $2,090, in full satisfaction of his claims against the United States for compensation for personal injuries sustained by him, and for reimbursement of medical and hospital expenses incurred by him, as the result of an accident which occurred when the automobile in which he was riding as a passenger was struck by a United States Army truck near Ninnekah, Oklahoma, on January 14, 1942: 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 serv- ices 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 mis- demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved November 29, 1944. [CHAPTER 487] AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act for the confirmation of the title to the Saline Lands in Jackson County, State of Illinois, to D. H. Brush, and others", approved March 2, 1861. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act for the confirmation of the title to the Saline Lands in Jackson County, State of Illinois, to D. H. Brush, and others" approved March 2, 1861 (12 Stat. 891), is amended by striking out 1036 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 Charles T. Alien, of Wilmington, North Carolina, the sum of $2,717.60, in full satisfaction of his claims against the United States for compensation for the death of his minor son, Charles Joseph Allen, who died as a result of injuries sustained when he was struck by a United States Army truck on May 10, 1942, and for reimbursement of medical, hospital, and funeral expenses incurred by him as a result of such injuries and death: 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 November 29, 1944. [58 STAT.

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