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 1263 60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2n SESS.-CHS. 632-634 -JULY 25, 1946 bond for the appearance on a day certain of Jack Houston to answer criminal charges in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (said judgment having been entered as of record October 26, 1932), the said Jack Houston having failed to appear on such day, but having been apprehended thereafter and, after con- viction, a sentence of imprisonment was imposed upon him, which sentence was served: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- priated 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 mis- demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved July 25, 1946. [CHAPTER 633] AN ACT For the relief of Jesds Lassalle and Mrs. America Bonet Medina. 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, the sum of $2,035 to Jesus Lassalle and his wife, Mrs. America Bonet Medina, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States on account of the death of their minor daughter, Edith M. Lassalle, who died as a result of personal injuries sustained when she was struck by a United States Army automobile on June 20, 1944, in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico: Pro- vided, 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. [CHAPTER 634] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of the late Alberto L6pes Ramos. July 25, 1946 [H. R. 4247] [Private Law 747] Jesfs Lassalle and Mrs. America Bonet Medina. July 25, 1946 [H. R. 4357] [Private Law 748] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary msbertoLOPe Rs of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $2,000 to the estate of the late Alberto L6pez Ramos, of Puerto Rico, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States for the death of the said Alberto Lopez Ramos, sustained as the result of an accident involving a United States Army vehicle on Highway Numbered 2, between Camuy and Quebradilla, Puerto Rico, on November 17, 1941: Pro- vided, 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. 80634--48-PT. II- -11

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