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 766 September 24, 194 [H. R. 1882] [Private Law 200] Mrs. Robert L. Whittington and Mrs. J. B. Whittington. PRIVATE LAWS--CHS. 381, 386, 387-SEPT. 24, 25, 1945 [59 STAT. Transportation Casualty and Surety Company, as subrogee: 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 convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved September 24, 1945. [CHAPTER 386] AN ACT For the relief of R. L. Whittington, Mrs. R. L. Whittington, and Mrs. J. B. Whittington. 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 Mrs. Robert L. Whittington the sum of $1,069.10, and to Mrs. J. B. Whittington, both of Gloster, Mississippi, the sum of $793 in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of per- sonal injuries, medical, and hospital expenses received by them on August 19, 1944, when the car of R. L. Whittington was hit by a car of the United States Army at the intersection of Highways 48 and 24 in Amite County, Mississippi: 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 September 24, 1945. [CHAPTER 387] September 26, 1945 JH. R. 14M1 [Private Law 201] George E. Baker. AN ACT For the relief of George E. Baker. 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 George E. Baker the sum of $360, in full compensation and settlement for all claims and demands of George E. Baker, an employee of the United States post office, Portland, Oregon, by reason of the payment by him to the United States, the sum of $360 on or about July 22, 1943, to cover an alleged shortage of automobile stamps which were reported missing while he was absent from duty, owing to illness, and which were lost through no fault or dereliction of duty of George E. Baker: 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 ren- dered 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 September 25, 1945.

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