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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 230 -232 -JUNE 2, 1944 of $100; to Mr. Charles Totten the sum of $25; and to Miss Jean Scheidel the sum of $25, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained as a result of a collision between the automobile in which they were riding and an Army truck at East Milton Avenue, in the city of Rahway, New Jersey, at the intersection of Route Numbered 25, on February 27, 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 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 2, 1944. [CHAPTER 231] AN ACT For the relief of Reese Flight Instruction, Incorporated. 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 Reese Flight Instruc- tion, Incorporated, a California corporation, the sum of $2,675.50, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damage to aircraft and damage to, and destruction of, other property owned by such corporation when on January 17,1942, a Civil Aeronautics Admin- istration airplane, attempting to take off from the Metropolitan Air- port, Van Nuys, California, struck the hangar in which aircraft and other property of such corporation were situated: 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 2, 1944. [CHAPTER 232] AN ACT For the relief of Margaret Hamilton, Mrs. Catherine Higgins, Mrs. Rebecca Sallop, and Mrs. Dora Projansky. 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 Margaret Hamilton, Revere, Massachusetts, the sum of $771.75; to pay the sum of $396 to Mrs. Catherine Higgins, of Chelsea, Massachusetts; to pay the sum of $45.67 to Mrs. Rebecca Sallop; to pay the sum of $50.67 to Mrs. Dora Projansky, both of Revere, Massachusetts, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, medical and hospital expenses sustained as a result of the streetcar in which they were riding having been struck by a United States Army truck, near the city hall, Revere, Massachusetts, on February 21, 1942: 985 Mr. CharlesTotten. Miss Jean SciedeL June 2,1944 [H. R. 25071 [Private Law 2881 Reese Flight In- struction, Inc. June 2,1944 [H. R. 2757] [Private Law 2891 Margaret Hamilton. Mrs. Catherine Hig- gins. Mrs. Rebecca Sal- lMrs Dora Proan- sky.

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