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 60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 453-455 -JUNE 22, 1946 Lam (also known as Willie Lamb and Edgar Lamb), of Greene County, Virginia, the sum of $650, in full settlement of all claims of any nature or description whatsoever against the United States, C. V. Bert, John W. Adams, or any other person or persons, for losses or damages arising from the destruction of certain buildings and im- provements on land owned by said Willie Lam and Edgar Lam near Shenandoah National Park by members of the Civilian Conservation Corps, while acting in the course of their employment, on or about November 4, 1937: 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 22, 1946. [CHAPTER 454] AN ACT For the relief of the legal guardian of William Needom Rashal, a minor. 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 to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the legal guar- dian of William Needom Rashal, a minor, of Newllano, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, the sum of $3,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of personal injuries received by the minor, William Needom Rashal, and medical and transportation expenses actually incurred, as a result of an explosion of an antitank mine fuze on March 9, 1944, the fuze having been tossed on Highway Numbered 504 by soldiers in an Army convoy on March 8, 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 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 misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved June 22, 1946. 1239 June 22, 1946 [H. R. 36651 [Private Law 688] Guardian of Wil. liam Needom Rashal. [CHAPTER 455] AN ACT For the relief of Fannie C. Fugate. 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 Fannie C. Fugate, of Blacksburg, Virginia, the sum of $125, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the loss of rental income on eighty acres of farm land in Levy County, Florida, for the June 22, 1946 [H. a. 4339] [Private Law 689] Fannie C. Fugate.

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