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 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 1ST SESS.- CHS. 240-242-JULY 2, 1945 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 appro- priated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of 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 July 2, 1945. [CHAPTER 241] AN ACT For the relief of the legal guardian of Samuel Wadford. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the legal guardian of Samuel Wadford, of Vicksburg, Mississippi, the sum of $10,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for injuries received by him on April 17, 1943, when a freight car of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company, containing war materials, exploded in the railroad yards at Vicksburg, Mississippi, said car being under the supervision of officers of the United States Army at the tune: 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 said claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any con- tract 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 July 2, 1945. [CHAPTER 242] AN ACT For the relief of Austin Bruce Bowen. 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 Austin Bruce Bowen, of Sarasota, Florida, the sum of $2,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Austin Bruce Bowen against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained on September 22,1942, on Highway Numbered 41 (Tamiami Trail), when the truck which he was driving was struck by a Gov- ernment vehicle in convoy en route to Venice Army Air Base, Venice, Florida: 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 con- tract 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 July 2, 1945. 733 July 2, 1945 [H. R. 1482] [Private Law 120] Guardian of Samuel Wadford. July 2, 1945 [H. R. 1488] [Private Law 121] Austin Bruce Bowen.

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