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 60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2 D SESS.-CHS. 627-629-JULY 25, 1946 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 per- son 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 25, 1946. [CHAPTER 628] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. W. H. (Agnes) Holmes. 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 Mrs. W. H. (Agnes) Holmes, Wilmmgton, New Hanover County, North Carolina, the sum of $1,750. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. W. H. (Agnes) Holmes against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained as a result of a col- lision with an Army vehicle near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on June 25, 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 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 25, 1946. 1261 July 25, 1946 [H. R. 3360] [Private Law 742] Mrs. W. H. (Agnes) Holmes. [CHAPTER 629] AN ACT For the relief of Fred W. Grant. 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 Fred W. Grant, San Leandro, California, the sum of $7,432.12. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Fred W. Grant against the United States on account of personal injuries, medical and hospital expenses actually incurred, and loss of earnings sustained by him on April 13, 1944, when he was struck at the intersection of Spear and Mission Streets, San Francisco, California, by a United States Army truck: 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 25, 1946. July 25, 1946 [H. R. 3827] [Private Law 743] Fred W. Grant.

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