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 60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 751, 752, 762-AUG. 2, 1946 [CHAPTER 751] AN ACT For the relief of George D. King. 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 George D. King, of Phoenix, Arizona, the sum of $500, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for compensation for personal injuries and loss of earnings sustained and medical expenses incurred by him as a result of an accident which occurred when the automobile in which he was riding was struck by a United States Army airplane, near Phoenix, Arizona, on June 22 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 notwithstand- ing. 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 August 2, 1946. [CHAPTER 752] AN ACT For the relief of Elmer D. Thompson and the legal guardian of James Thompson. 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 Elmer D. Thompson, of Gurley, Alabama, the sum of $118.75, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for compensation for the expenses incurred by him by reason of the injuries sustained by his minor son, James Thompson, when struck by a United States Army truck on February 2, 1944, on United States Highway Num- bered 17, in Windermere, Charleston, South Carolina, and to pay to the legal guardian of James Thompson, a minor, the sum of $1,000 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for compen- sation for personal injuries sustained by the said James Thompson in the said accident: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centumthereof shall be paid or deliv- ered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlaw- ful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person vio- lating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved August 2, 1946. [CHAPTER 7621 AN ACT For the relief of Desmark Wright; the estates of Alberta Wright Desmark Wright, Junior and Harold Evans; and the legal guardians of Bobby Dennis Wright and Irvin Lee Wright, minors. 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, (1) to Desmark Wright, George D. King. August 2, 1946 [H. R. 3543] [Private Law 8111 Elmer D. Thomp- son. Ouardian of James Thompson. Augus t 2,1946 IS. 1733 [Private Law 8121 Desmark Wright, and othrm. August 2, 16 [S. 1910 [Private Law 8101 1289

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