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 750 July 16, 1945 [8.134] [Private Law 161] Ida E. Laurie and Zella Rickard. PRIVATE LAWS--CHS. 311, 315, 316-JULY 14, 16, 1945 [59 STAT. 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 14, 1945. [CHAPTER 315] AN ACT For the relief of Ida E. Laurie and Zella Rickard. 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 Ida E. Laurie, of Marshfield, Oregon, the sum of $1,000, in full satisfaction of her claims against the United States, and to Zella Rickard, of Marshfield, Oregon, the sum of $250, in full satisfaction of her claims against the United States for compensation for personal injuries sustained by them as a result of an accident which occurred when the Army vehicle in which they were riding as passengers collided with another Army vehicle near Marshfield, Oregon, on May 8, 1943: 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 these claims, 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 in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved July 16, 1945. [CHAPTER 316] July 16, M15 [8. 6721 [Private Law 162] Guardian of Clifton R. Weir. AN ACT For the relief of the legal guardian of Clifton R. Weir. 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 the legal guardian of Clifton R. Weir, a minor, the sum of $1,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for compensation for personal injuries sustained by said Clifton R. Weir, on May 24, 1944, at Brunswick, Georgia, when he dropped an unexploded rifle grenade which had been found outside a United States Army rifle range and had come into the possession of said Clifton R. Weir: 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 16, 1945.

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