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 PRIVATE LAWS--HS. 233 -235-JULY 2, 1945 full settlement of all claims of the said Realty Bond and Mortgage Company and the said Robert W. Keith against the United States for services rendered under a contract with the United States in con- nection with procuring options on certain real property in Calhoun and Klamazoo Counties adjacent to Fort Custer, Michigan: 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 m any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved July 2, 1945. [CHAPTER 234] July 2, 19 [H. R. 10681 [Private Law 113 W. A. Smoot, Inc. July 2,1945 [H. R. 1069] [Private Law 114] Leonard D. Jackson and Elsie Fowkes Jackson. AN ACT For the relief of W. A. Smoot, Incorporated. 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 W. A. Smoot, Incor- porated, Alexandria, Virginia, the sum of $2,397.19. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said W. A. Smoot, Incorporated, against the United States for damages caused to its lumber and millwork plant located at Cameron and Union Streets, Alexandria, Virginia, as the result of an explosion on March 2,1944, in a nearby building used and occupied by the Records Divi- sion of The Adjutant General's Office of the Department of War: 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 July 2, 1945. [CHAPTER 235] AN ACT For the relief of Leonard D. Jackson and Elsie Fowkes Jackson. 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 Leonard D. Jackson, Alexandria, Virginia, the sum of $750, and to Elsie Fowkes Jackson, Alexandria, Virginia, the sum of $6,350. The payment of such sums shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Leonard D. Jack- son and Elsie Fowkes Jackson against the United States for damages for personal injuries sustained bythem on January 14, 1944, when the vehicle in which they were riding was struck, at the intersection of Fourteenth Street and Constitution Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, by a vehicle in the service of the United States Navy: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act m [59 STAT.

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