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 1111 60 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 2D SESS.- CHS. 18-20-FEB. 14, 1946 tion of their claims against the United States for compensation for the death of their son, Dennis Allan Walker, who died as a result of burns received by him when a United States Army airplane crashed at 9363 Burnet Avenue, in Sepulveda, California, on January 25, 1945: 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 February 14, 1946. AN ACT For the relief of John A. Hatcher. 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, the sum of $650, to John A. Hatcher, of Teays, West Virginia, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, medical and hospital expenses sustained as the result of an accident involving a United States Navy vehicle, near Saint Albans, West Virginia, on December 5, 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 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 February 14, 1946. [CHAPTER 20] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of William Carl Jones. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America im 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 the estate of William Carl Jones, of Merigold, Mississippi, the sum of $3,551.90, in full satis- faction of the claims of such estate against the United States for com- pensation for the death of the said William Carl Jones as a result of gunshot wounds inflicted by a guard at the prisoner-of-war camp at Merigold, Mississippi, on March 24, 1945, and for reimbursement of medical, hospital, and funeral expenses incurred as a result of such injuries and death: 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 February 14, 1946. February 14 1946 [. 1296] [Private Law 380] John A. Hatcher. February 14, 1946 [S. 1323] (Private Law 381] William Carl Jones. estate. [CHAPTER 19]

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