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 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CHS. 622-624-DEC. 28, 1945 riding and a United States Army vehicle in Springfield, Massachu- setts, on July 31, 1944: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- priated 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 28, 1945. [CHAPTER 623] AN ACT For the relief of Reverend Neal Deweese, Mrs. Minnie Deweese, Raymond Deweese, and the estate of Lon Thurman, 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 be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $5,000 to Reverend Neal Deweese; to pay the sum of $500 to Mrs. Minnie Deweese; to pay the sum of $250 to Raymond Deweese; to pay the sum of $5,000 to the estate of Lon Thurman, all of Farm- ington, Missouri, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, medical and hospital expenses, and the death of Lon Thurman as a result of being struck by a United States Army truck on United States Highway Numbered 21, near Ironton, Missouri, on July 4, 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 December 28, 1945. 823 December 28, 1945 [H. R. 1879] [Private Law 334] Rev. Neal Deweese, and others. [CHAPTER 624] AN ACT For the relief of the Ohio Brass Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the War Shipping Administration is authorized and directed to determine and pay the claim of the Ohio Brass Company, Mansfield, Ohio, for the loss of a shipment of pole line construction material from Phila- delphia, Pennsylvania, to Puerto Alegre, Brazil, on the steamship Industria, insured under policy numbered C23509, issued by the War Shipping Administration, dated March 11, 1943, upon the production and filing of the necessary documents duly executed by the parties in interest as if the insurance premium on said policy had been in accordance with the requirements of the War Shipping Adminis- tration and with the provisions of said policy: 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 December 28,1945 [H. R. 1979] [Private Law 335] Ohio Brass Com- pany.

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