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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 144-146-MAY 29,1945 [CHAPTER 144] AN ACT May 29,1945 [H. R. 980 [Private Law 74] Mrs. Gladys Stout. [CHAPTER 145] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Mary Karalia 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. Mary Karalis Minneapolis, Minnesota, the sum of $240 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, medical, and hospital expenses7 sustained as the result of a collision between the automobile m which she was a passenger, and a United States Army truck on United States Route Numbered 12, near Baraboo, Wis- consin, on May 2, 1940: 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 per- son 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 146] AN ACT For the relief of Sidney B. Walton. 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 $4,000, to Sidney B. Walton, of Irrigon, Oregon, in full settle- For the relief of Mrs. Gladys Stout. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- troller General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to remove from the records of his office the debt which has been raised therein against Mrs. Gladys Stout, cashier-bookkeeper for the Balti- more defense housing project, Middle River, Maryland, in the sum of $264, together with interest due thereon from date of loss of the public funds for which she is accountable and which were stolen from the safe in the defense housing project office, Middle River, Maryland, without her fault, sometime between Saturday, March 28, 1942, and Monday, March 30, 1942. SEc. 2. There is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $85 to be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to Mrs. Gladys Stout: 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. May 29,1945 [H. R. 1054] [Private Law 75] Mrs. Mary Karalis. May 29, 194 [H. B. 1069] [Private Law 76] Sidney B. Walton. 714 [59 STAT.

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