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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 497-499-NOV. 29, 1944 November 29,1944 [. 1776] [Private Law 423] L. C. Gregory. November 29,1944 (s. 1906] [Private Law 424] Wainey A. Colvin, estate. claims against the United States for compensation for personal injuries and property damage sustained by him when the wagon in which he was riding was struck by a Civilian Conservation Corps truck on September 20, 1941, near Walnut, Mississippi: 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 con- trary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined m any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved November 29, 1944. [CHAPTER 498] AN ACT For the relief of L. C . Gregory. 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 L. C. Gregory, of Trousdale County, Tennessee, the sum of $3,500, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for compensation for the death of his minor son, Cecil Gregory, who died on May 13, 1943, as a result of personal injuries sustained by him when the team of mules which he was driving became frightened at low-flying Army air- planes: 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 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. [CHAPTER 499] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Walney A. Colvin, deceased. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the estate of Walney A. Colvin, deceased, of Phoenix, Arizona, the sum of $5,000, in full satisfaction of all claims of the said estate for property damage and for the death of Walney A. Colvin which occurred as the result of an accident involving an Army airplane on April 22, 1944, in Phoenix, Arizona: 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 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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