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 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 1 ST SESS.-CHS. 540 -542-DEC. 3, 1945 $683.50. Such sum is in full settlement of all claims against the United States for per diem and mileage allowances (less a mileage payment already made) to which the said Patrick A. Kelly would have been entitled, if his orders had been accurate and complete, for the period from October 1, 1943, to January 10, 1944, while on tem- porary duty at Rocky Point, New York, from his regular post of duty at Patuxent River, Maryland: 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 December 3, 1945. [CHAPTER 541] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Evelyn Johnson. 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. Evelyn Johnson, of Chipley, Georgia, unremarried widow of A. C. Johnson, deceased, the sum of $5,000; in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States as compensation for the death of the said A. C. Johnson, who was killed when the automobile in which he was driving was involved in a collision with a United States Army truck-trailer on Troup Fac- tory Bridge over Long Cane Creek, on United States Highway Num- bered 27 approximately ten miles south of La Grange, Georgia, on or about January 24, 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 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 542] AN ACT For the relief of Ben Greenwood and Dovie Greenwood. 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 $1200, to Ben Greenwood and $500 to Dovie Greenwood, of Nettleton, Mississippi, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries and losses sustained as the result of an accident involving an Army vehicle on United States Highway Numbered 45, near Nettleton, Mississippi, on March 16, 1944: 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 December 3, 194 [H. R. 2642] [Private Law 297] Mrs. Evelyn John- son. December 3, 1945 [H. R. 2686] [Private Law 298] Ben Greenwood and Dovie Greenwood. 807

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