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 806 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 538 -540-DEC. 3, 1945 [CHAPTER 5381 December 3, 1945 [H. R. 2481] [Private Law 294] Ed Edmondson, es- tate. Condition. December 3, 1945 [H. R. 2512] [Private Law 295] Helen Alton and Edwin Alton. [59 STAT. AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Ed Edmondson, deceased. 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 administrator of the estate of Ed Edmondson, deceased, the sum of $5,000. The pay- ment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of the death of the said Ed Edmondson, who was fatally injured on September 11, 1943, when the automobile in which he was a passenger was struck by a United States Army truck on United States Highway Numbered 27, near Spring City, Tennessee. SEC. 2. Before payment is made under this Act, the administrator of the estate shall furnish the Secretary of the Treasury with cer- tificate of cancellation of judgment against Cris Lee Gray in the circuit court of Rhea County, Dayton, Tennessee, rendered on January 4, 1945: 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 con- tract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the pro- visions 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 December 3, 1945. [CHAPTER 539] AN ACT For the relief of Helen Alton and Edwin Alton. 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 $3,178.82 to Helen Alton; to pay the sum of $4,199.75 to Edwin Alton, of Newark, New Jersey, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, medical, hospital, nursing expenses, and property damage sustained as the result of a collision between the car in which they were riding and a United States Army vehicle, on Pulaski Skyway, Jersey City, New Jersey, on May 5, 1944: 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 December 3, 1945. [CHAPTER 540] December 3. 1945 [H. R. 2595] [Private Law 2j6] Patrick A. Kelly. AN ACT For the relief of Patrick A. Kelly. 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 Patrick A. Kelly chief radio electrician, United States Naval Reserve, the sum of

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