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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 477-479-NOV. 14, 1945 November 14,1945 [S. 994] [Private Law 256] Central Leaf Tobac- co Company, Inc. November 14, 1945 [. 1023] [Private Law 257] Ernest L. Barlow and Mrs. Ernest L. Barlow. in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mr. and Mrs. Edmond J. Saint Amant, Junior, of Biloxi, Mississippi, the sum of $3,500, in full satisfaction of their claim against the United States for com- pensation for the death of their daughter, Lucille Saint Amant, who died as a result of injuries sustained when she was struck by a United States Army truck in Biloxi, Mississippi, on March 17, 1943: 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 November 14, 1945. [CHAPTER 478] AN ACT For the relief of the Central Leaf Tobacco Company, 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 the Central Leaf Tobacco Company, Incorporated, Durham, North Carolina, the sum of $848.60. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of such company against the United States for losses sus- tained as the result of a United States Army truck colliding on November 27, 1944, with a truck owned by such company while the latter truck was parked against the curb in front of 808 Holloway Street, Durham, North Carolina: 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 notwith- standing. 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 November 14, 1945. [CHAPTER 479] AN ACT For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Barlow. 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 Ernest L. Barlow, Issaquah, Washington, the sum of $250, and to Mrs. Ernest L. Barlow, the sum of $250. The payment of such sums shall be in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained on November 22, 1941, by the said Ernest L. Barlow, by his wife, Dorothy M. Barlow, and by his minor child, Delores J. Barlow, when the automobile in which they were riding on Hazelwood Highway between Renton and Lake Washington Bridge, King County, Washington, was struck by 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 790 [59 STAT.

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