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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 282-284-JUNE 26, 1944 automobile accident involving a Civilian Conservation Corps truck on United States Highway Numbered 66, at the intersection of Chapman Street, Edwardsville, Illinois, after dark, on December 7, 1940: Pro- vided, 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 26, 1944. ICHAPTER 283] AN ACT For the relief of 0. W. James. 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 O. W. James, Fort Worth, Texas, the sum of $660. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said O. W. James against the United States on account of property damage and personal injuries sustained on November 21, 1942, by the said O. W. James, his wife, and his minor daughter, Juanice James, when the automobile in which they were riding on Highway Numbered 377, Denton County, Texas, was in collision with a United States Army truck: 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 26, 1944. [CHAPTER 284] AN ACT For the relief of the legal guardian of Eugene Holcomb, a minor. 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 legal guardian of Eugene Holcomb, of Voth, Texas, the sum of $5,000, in full satis- faction of all claims against the United States for compensation for personal injuries sustained by Eugene Holcomb, a minor, as the result of an accident which occurred when he was struck by an Army vehicle in Voth, Texas, on July 28, 1942, and for all medical, hospital, and incidental expenses heretofore and hereafter incurred as a result of such injuries: 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 26, 1944. June 26, 1944 [H. R. 23] [Private Law 310] O. W. James. June 26, 1944 IS. I1MW IPrivate Law 311] Ouardan of Eugene Holcomb. 995

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