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 59 STAT.] 79TH OONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 141-143-MAY 29, 1945 being struck and injured by a Government vehicle which was driven by an employee of the Navy Department on September 6, 1944, in Chicago, Illinois: 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 agents, attorney or attorneys on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of any services rendered in connection with said claim, 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 May 29, 1945. [CHAPTER 142] AN ACT For the relief of Ed Williams. 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 $775, to Ed Williams, of 1442 Forty-third Street, Des Moines, Iowa, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, medical and hospital expenses, loss of wages, and property damage sustained as the result of the automobile which he, Ed Williams, was driving being struck by a United States Army jeep numbered U. S. A. 2069073, on August 20, 1942, in Des Moines, Iowa: 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 May 29, 1945. [CHAPTER 143] AN ACT For the relief of Fred A. Lower. 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 Fred A. Lower, of Wichita Falls, Texas, the sum of $10,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of property damage and personal injuries resulting from the flow of sewage waters from Sheppard Field, Texas, into a certain creek, which runs through the land of the said Fred A. Lower: 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 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 n any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved May 29, 1945. 68847°-47 -PT. II 8 713 May 29, 145 [H. R. 879] [Private Law 72] Ed Williams. May 29, 194 [H. R. 04] [Private Law 73] Fred A. Lower.

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