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 983 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 225 -227-JUNE 1, 1944 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 June 1, 1944. [CHAPTER 226] AN ACT For the relief of Clarence E. Thompson and Mrs. Virginia Thompson. 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 Clarence E. Thompson and Virginia Thompson, of San Francisco, California, the sum of $3,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for expenses incurred by them, and personal injuries sustained by Mrs. Virginia Thompson, as the result of the automobile they were riding in being struck by a Work Projects Administration truck, driven by a Work Projects Administration employee, on official Government business, on May 4, 1942, in the city of San Francisco, 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 June 1, 1944. June 1, 1944 (H. R. 2408] [Private Law 283] Clarence E. Thomp- son and Mrs. Virginia Thompson. (CHAPTER 227] AN ACT For the relief of Ruth Coe. 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 Ruth Coe, of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, the sum of $302.78, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for property damage sustained when her automobile, while parked on the south side of Washington Street, in Burlington, Iowa, was struck by a Work Projects Admin- istration truck immediately after the driver of said truck had suc- cumbed to a heart attack, on the morning of January 12, 1943: Pro- 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 June 1, 1944. June 1, 144 [H. R. 3114] [Private Law 2841 Ruth Coe.
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