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 60 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 2D SESS. -CHS. 167-169-APR. 20, 1946 [CHAPTER 167] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Mertie Pike and the estate of Mrs. Burnice Smotherman, 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 is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mrs. Mertie Pike, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the sum of $3,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for pain and suffering and personal injuries sustained, and to pay to the estate of Mrs. Burnice Smother- man, deceased, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the sum of $5,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of the death of the said Mrs. Burnice Smotherman, as the result of the said Mrs. Mertie Pike and Mrs. Burnice Smotherman being struck by an Army vehicle on Tennessee State Highway Numbered 10, near Mur- freesboro, Tennessee, on October 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 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 April 20, 1946. [CHAPTER 168] AN ACT For the relief of Joseph Tarantola and Ida Tarantola. 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 $4,443 to Joseph Tarantola and Ida Tarantola, of Saint Louis, Missouri, in full settlement of all claims against the United States as compensation for the death of Martha Tarantola, their daughter, who was killed as a result of an accident involving a United States Army jeep, on Arsenal Street, Saint Louis, Missouri, on February 9, 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 April 20, 1946. [CHAPTER 169] AN ACT For the relief of the legal guardian of James Irving Martin, a minor. April 20, 1946 [H. R. 2318] [Private Law 474] Mrs. Mertie Pike. Mrs. Burnice Smotherman, estate. April 20, 1946 [H. R. 2415] [Private Law 475] Joseph Tarantola and Ida Tarantola. April 20, 1946 [H. R. 2509] [Private Law 476] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary oi o ti J am es of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the legal guardian of James Irving Martin, a minor, of Route 3, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 1149

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