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 1207 60 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 359-361 -JUNE 11, 1946 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 contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con- viction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved June 11, 1946. [CHAPTER 360] AN ACT For the relief of John Bakelaar. 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 John Bakelaar, of Greenport, New York, the sum of $5,000, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States as compensation for the death of his wife, the late Adeline Bakelaar, as the result of being struck by a bullet fired from aircraft machine guns on an airplane in the service of the United States, on December 17, 1944, while riding in an automobile on the Moriches Road, adjacent to the Suffolk County Army Air Field: 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. [CHAPTER 361] AN ACT For the relief of Eva D. Champlin, Robert H. Howell, Emily Howell, and Stella Ward. 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, to Eva D. Champlin, the sum of $3,500; to Robert H. Howell, the sum of $2,000; to Emily Howell, the sum of $100; and to Stella Ward, the sum of $3,500, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by them while riding in an automobile which was struck by a United States Army vehicle on route Numbered 15 between the cities of Elmira, New York, and Rochester, New York, on March 15, 1944: Provided,That no part of the amounts appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attor- ney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amounts appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claims, 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. 4405] [Private Law 611] John Bakelaar. June 11, 1946 [H. R. 4414 [Private Law 612] Eva D. Champlin. Robert H. Howell. Emily Howell. Stella Ward.

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