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 60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 111, 115, 116-MAR. 22, 28, 1946 SEC. 4. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropri- ated, such sum as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this joint resolution. Approved March 22, 1946. [CHAPTER 115] AN ACT For the relief of the legal guardian of Kathleen Lawton McGuire. 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 Kathleen Lawton McGuire, a minor child, of 941 Eighth Street, Boulder, Colorado, the sum of $1,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for compensation for injuries sustained as a result of being wounded by a bullet fired by Gino Morello, while a passenger on a train of the Denver and Fort Worth Railroad near Memphis, Texas, on May 7, 1944, the said Gino Morello being a military prisoner in the custody of military police at the time said shot was fired: 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 notwith- standing. 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 28, 1946. [CHAPTER 116] AN ACT For the relief of George W. Murrell; Kirby Murrell, a minor; and the estate of Mamie W. Murrell, deceased. 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 $1,039.65 to George W. Murrell, the sum of $2,045 to George W. Murrell as natural tutor of Kirby Murrell, a minor, and the sum of $5,407.95 to the estate of Mamie W. Murrell, deceased, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States for property damage and personal injuries sustained, for medical, hospital, burial, and dental expenses incurred and required, and for the death of Mamie W. Mur- rell, as a result of the collision of an Army vehicle with an automobile operated by George W. Murrell, near Alexandria, Louisiana, on June 4, 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 March 28, 1946. 80634°-4--PT. II-3 1135 Appropriation au- thorized. Ante, p. 623. March 28, 1946 [H. R. 2670] [Private Law 439] Guardian of Kath- leen Lawton McGuire. March 28, 1946 [H. R. 3012] [Private Law 440] George W. M irell. Mamie W. Murrell, estate.

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