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 1087 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 691-693--DEC. 22, 1944 in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to each of the following former employees of the United States Court for China the amount set forth opposite his name, such amount representing compensation as an employee of such court for the period beginning July 1, 1942, and ending May 20, 1943, the date such court ceased to exist: Zee Yang Ling, $773.34; Koo Yu Tsong, $501.34; Wong Nyok Dong, $373.34; Gue Young Kong, $261.34; Zee Yung Zai, $261.34; Chow Zung Kung, $80: 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 692] AN ACT For the relief of P. E. Brannen. 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 P. E. Brannen, the sum of $4,195.06, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damage to building, contents, trees, fences, lawn, and incidental expenses, as a result of the crash of a Navy airplane on October 14, 1943, into the dwelling located at 810 Richmond Street, Fort Myers, Florida: 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 not- withstanding. 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 693] AN ACT For the relief of Louis Beckham. 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 Mr. Louis Beckham, Jersey City, New Jersey, the sum of $1,343.50. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mr. Louis Beckham against the United States for injuries sustained on August 9, 1942, when a United States Army truck struck said Mr. Beckham while he was walking in a southerly direction on Jackson Avenue and having reached the intersection of Jackson and Bramhall Avenues, Jersey City, New Jersey: 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 notwith- standing. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be December 22, 1944 [I. R. 4111] [Private Law 534] Mr. Louis Beck- ham. December 22, 1944 [H. R. 4101] [Private Law 533] P. E. Brannen.

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