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 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 1 ST SESS.-CHS. 479-481 -NOV. 14, 1945 this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the con- trary 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 480] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Hibernia I. Conners. 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 Mrs. Hibernia I. Conners, of Memphis, Tennessee, the sum of $3,000, in full satisfac- tion of her claim against the United States for compensation for personal injuries sustained by her on December 6, 1944, when the automobile in which she was riding was struck by an Army vehicle driven by a civilian employee of the War Department, at the inter- section of East Parkway South and Union Avenue, in Memphis, Ten- nessee: 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 481] AN ACT To authorize payment of certain claims for damage to or loss or destruction of property arising from activities of the War Department or of the Army. 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 Crecencio L. Garcia, of Jemes, New Mexico, $5; to Oscar L. Horton, of Athol, Massachusetts, $64.50; to Royal Insurance Company Limited, of Seattle, Washington, $245.25; to Robert D. Myers, of Indiana, Pennsylvania, $37.50; to Pearl Spaulding, of Daytona Beach, Florida, $45; to H. R. Potter, of Austin, Texas, $49.70; to Maria W. Atwood, of Franklin New Hampshire, $450; to The River Lines, of San Francisco, California, $1,000; to Corey Brothers, of Charleston, West Virginia, $293.62; to the American Automobile Fire Insurance Company, of Detroit, Michigan, $42.57; and to Kui T. Ching, of Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, $482.40. The payment of said sums shall be in full settlement of all claims of the claimants named above against the United States for damage to or loss or destruction of property caused by military personnel or civilian employees of the War Department or of the Army, or otherwise incident to noncombat activities of the War Department or of the Army, determined by the Secretary of War to be meritorious, which are not payable under the provisions of the Act of July 3, 1943 (57 Stat. 372; 31 U. S . C . 223b), entitled "An Act to provide for the settlement of claims for damage to or loss or destruction of property or personal injury or death caused by military personnel or civilian employees, or otherwise incident to activities, of the War November 14, 1945 [S. 1027] [Private Law 258] Mrs. IIibernia I. Conners. November 14, 1945 [S. 1183] [Private Law 25)9] Crecenelo 1. Oarcia and others, claliis. 31 U. 8. C., Supp. IV, § 223b.

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