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 60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 856-858 --AUG. 7, 1946 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 convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved August 7, 1946. [CHAPTER 857] AN ACT For the relief of Thomas L. Brett. 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 Thomas L. Brett, of Santa Rosa, California, the sum of $1,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by him on May 14, 1943, when he was struck by a United States Army truck at the intersection of Fourth Street and Exchange Avenue, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California: Provided,That no part of the amount appropriated by 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 convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved August 7, 1946. [CHAPTER 858] AN ACT For the relief of Caesar Henry. 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 Caesar Henry, of Crowley, Louisiana, the sum of $2,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Caesar Henry against the United States for personal injuries, pain and suffering, and loss of present, past, and future earnings sustained as the result of a collision on January 26, 1944, on United States Highway Numbered 165, near Kinder, Louisiana, involving the truck in which he was a passenger and 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 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. August 7, 1946 [H. R. 6381] [Private Law 860] Thomas L. Brett. August 7, 1946 [H R.R6390 [Private Law 8ti1 Caesar Ilenry. 1309

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