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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 759-761-DEC. 23, 1944 [58 STAT. [CHAPTER 759] December 23, 1944 [H. R. 45421 [Private Law 576] Harold Miller. December 23, 1944 [H. R. 449] [Private Law 576] Sandy 0. Brown. December 23, 1944 [H. R. 4693] [rivate Law771 Thomas R. Clark. AN ACT For the relief of Harold Miller. 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, the sum of $2,440, to Harold Miller, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, medical and hospital expenses, and loss of wages as a result of a col- lision between the car in which he was a passenger and a United States Navy ambulance numbered 24890, on January 21, 1944, in San Fran- cisco, California: 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 23, 1944. [CHAPTER 760] AN ACT For the relief of Sandy C. Brown. 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 Sandy C. Brown, the sum of $1,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for injuries he received when an Army truck ran over him while walking on the shoulder of the State High- way Numbered 501 in South Carolina, on October 8, 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 misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved December 23, 1944. [CHAPTER 761] AN ACT For the relief of Thomas R. Clark. 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 Thomas R. Clark, the sum of $3,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for injury to said Thomas R. Clark, on June 19, 1943, as a result of negligence and excessive speed in the operation of an Army vehicle in the city of Tampa Florida: Provided,That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum 1104

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