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 60 STAT.] 79TH OONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 851-853-AUG. 7, 1946 notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in the sum of not exceeding $1,000. Approved August 7, 1946. [CHAPTER 852] AN ACT For the relief of the legal guardian of Samuel Roscoe Thompson, 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 and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the legal guardian of Samuel Roscoe Thompson, a minor, of Lees- ville, Louisiana, the sum of $597, the said sum to be in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by Samuel Roscoe Thompson on January 25, 1944, at which time the minor was struck down and run over by the lead truck of an Army convoy as he alighted from a school bus, in the neighborhood of the Camp Polk, Louisiana, Army Reservation: Pro- vided, That no part of the amount appropriated m 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 connec- tion 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 August 7, 1946. [CHAPTER 853] AN ACT For the relief of Frank A. Gorman. 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 Frank A. Gorman, of Lance Creek, Wyoming, the sum of $5,590.50, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damages sustained by the said Frank A. Gorman, as a result of the action of the military authorities at the Black Hills Ordnance Depot, Igloo, South Dakota, on or about April 1, 1943, and requiring him to move a certain theater building which had been constructed by him on said military reservation, to another site on the reservation about four hundred feet from the original location of the building, and of the action taken by said military authorities on or about February 1, 1945, in taking from the claimant said building and certain personal property located therein: 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 August 7, 1946. 1307 August 7, 1946 [H. R. 6161] [Private Law 855] Guardian of Samuel Roscoe Thompson. August 7, 1946 [II. R. 6231] [ 'rivate Laws 8M] Frank A. (orman.

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