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 1199 60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 340-342-JUNE 11, 1946 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 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 mis- demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved June 11, 1946. [CHAPTER 341] AN ACT For the relief of M. Martin Turpanjian. 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 $2,500, to M. Martin Turpanjian, of Allendale, New Jersey, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, medical and hospital expenses, and loss of earnings sustained as a result of an accident involving a United States Army vehicle at the intersection of Liberty Road and Tenafly Road, Englewood, New Jersey, on February 13, 1945: 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 June 11, 1946. June 11, 1946 [H. R. 3641] [Private Law 592] M. Martin Turpan- jian. [CHAPTER 342] AN ACT For the relief of Pershing W. Ridgeway. June 11, 1946 [H. i. 36761_ [Private Law 693 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Pershing W. Ridge- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary way. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Pershing W. Ridgeway, of Birmingham, Alabama, the sum of $5,804.40, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, medical, hospital? and other expenses incurred as the result of being struck by a United States Army vehicle at Bir- mingham, on December 7,1944: 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 June 11, 1946. 80634°--48 -PT. 11 - -7

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