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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 68-688-DEC. 22, 1944 [CHAPTER 686] AN ACT For the relief of James LeRoy Eden. 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 to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to James LeRoy Eden, of 2180 Northwest Fifty-fifth Street, Miami, Florida, the sum of $2,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the personal injuries sustained by him by the collision of a United States Navy station wagon with an automobile driven by John Andrew God- win at the intersection of Northwest Seventy-eighth Street and Twenty- seventh Avenue, at Miami, Florida, on March 18, 1943: 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 misdeameanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved December 22, 1944. [CHAPTER 687] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Doctor A. D. Gibson. 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 the estate of A.D. Gibson, doctor of medicine, of Port Lavaca, Texas, the sum of $278, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for services rendered to the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, from April 1, 1942, to September 30, 1942, inclusive: 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 December 22, 1944. [CHAPTER 688] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Ruby Winsch. 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 Mrs. Ruby Winsch, Newark, Ohio, the sum of $2,109.29. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. Ruby Winsch against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained by her as the result of the crash of a United States Army bomber at Newark, Ohio, on September 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 1085 December 22, 1944 [H. R. 3928] [Private Law 5271 James LeRoy Eden. December 22, 1944 [H. R. 3931] [Private Law 528] Dr. A. D. Gibson, estate. December 22, 1944 [H. R. 4014] [Private Law 629] Mrs. Ruby Winach.

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