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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 315-317-JUNE 28, 1944 [58 STAT. man, who was killed as a result of being struck by an automobile driven by C. E. Wilson, a United States rural mail carrier, near Andalusia, Alabama, on September 8, 1941: 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 28, 1944. [CHAPTER 3161 AN ACT For the relief of the estate of John Buby. 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 estate of John Buby, of Brown City, Michigan, the sum of $7,975.86, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States on account of the death of John Buby, who was fatally injured on December 20, 1942, when struck by a United States Army vehicle near Disco, Michigan, on Michigan State Highway M-53: 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 28, 1944. [CHAPTER 317] AN ACT For the relief of Doctor H. H. Smith. 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 $343 to Doctor H. H. Smith, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for medical services rendered the Corps of Engineers of the United States Army by the said Doctor H. H. Smith under contract numbered W-643- en(-2663, dated April 11, 1942, the said Doctor H. H. Smith having fully performed all the obligations imposed upon him by said con- tract and payment of the above amount having been approved by the Corps of Engineers, but disallowed by the General Accounting Office: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, and it shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, either directly or indirectly, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the 1000 June 28, 1944 [H. R. 2855] [Private Law 321] John Buby, estate. June 28, 1944 [H. R. 3098 - [Private Law 832 Dr. H. H. Smith.

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