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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 4446- -FEB. 22, 1944 February 22, 1944 [H. R. 3153] [Private Law 195] Jennie I. Weston, estate. said Amos Russell Phillips was riding and a vehicle in the service of the Army of the United States, resulting in the death of the said Amos Russell Phillips: 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 February 22, 1944. [CHAPTER 45] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Jennie I. Weston, deceased. 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 the administrator of the estate of Jennie I. Weston, deceased, the sum of $19,915. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of the death of the said Jennie I. Weston and damage to real and personal property owned by her caused by a United States Army bomber on September 8, 1942, when it crashed into her dwellings: 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 February 22, 1944. [CHAPTER 46] February 22. 1944 [H. R. 3189] [Private Law 196] AN ACT For the relief of Thomas Lewis. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Thomas Lewis. 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 Lewis, of Route 1, Martinsville, Virginia, the sum of $1,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injury sustained by him on October 16, 1941, when he was struck in the right eye by a piece of rock while on a work detail as an inmate of the Federal prison camp at Mill Point, West Virginia: 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 tlA 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 February 22, 1944. [58 STAT.

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