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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 78, 79, 85-MAR. 6, 7, 13, 1946 [60 STAT. [CHAPTER 78] March 6, 1946 [H. B. 4249] [Private Law 419] Lucy Delgado and Irma M. Delgado. March 7, 1946 [H. R. 854] [Private Law 420] Isabel Carlson. March 13, 1946 [S. 1637] [Private Law 421] Herbert 0. Rock- well AN ACT For the relief of Lucy Delgado and Irma M. Delgado. 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 $3,570 to Lucy Delgado, and to pay the sum of $750 to Irma M. Delgado, both of Puerto Rico, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries and loss of earnings sustained as the result of an accident which occurred on June 11, 1944, on Insular High- way Numbered 25 between Catano and Santurce, Puerto Rico, and which involved a United States Army truck in which they were riding: 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 March 6, 1946. [CHAPTER 79] AN ACT For the relief of Isabel Carlson. 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 Isabel Carlson, of Chicago, Illinois, the sum of $2,500, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, medical, and hospital expenses sustained as a result of being struck by a United States post-office vehicle, on Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois, on March 15, 1943: 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 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 any services rendered inconnection 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 March 7, 1946. [CHAPTER 85] AN ACT For the relief of Herbert C. Rockwell. 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 Herbert C. Rockwell, of Washington, Pennsylvania, the sum of $158.05, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for property damage sustained on August 10, 1944, when a vehicle belonging to the Federal Bureau of Investigation rolled away from its parking place on a down-grade 1126

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