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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 26, 28, 31-MAR. 13, 15, 23 , 1945 [59 STAT. 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 March 13, 1945. [CHAPTER 28] AN ACT For the relief of Oscar Griggs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Oscar Origs. 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 Oscar Griggs, of Lauderdale County, Tennessee, the sum of $4,505.14, in full satis- faction of his claim against the United States for compensation for personal injuries sustained by him and for medical and hospital expenses incurred when he was shot on the night of December 29, 1943, by members of a party of soldiers of the United States Army, when, in the performance of his duties as sheriff of Lauderdale County, Tennessee, he was attempting to quiet a disturbance by such soldiers in the town of Ripley, Tennessee: 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 March 15, 1945. [CHAPTER 31] AN ACT For the relief of Ruben M. Herren. 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 $500 to Ruben M. Herren, of Route 1, Smyrna, Georgia, in full settlement of all claims against the United States because of personal injuries, including the value of lost time and hospital and physicians' bills, incurred in a collision with a truck operated by and under the jurisdiction of the Corps of Engineers, War Department, on September 25, 1942, on United States Highway Numbered 41, in Cobb County, Georgia: 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 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 March 23, 1945. March 15, 1945 [S. 1771 [Private Law 10] March 23, 1945 [H. R. 242] [Private Law 11] Ruben M. Herren.

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