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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 179-181-APR. 20, 1946 [CHAPTER 179] April 20. 1946 [H. R. 3161] [Private Law 486] Mrs. Ruby Miller. Aril 20,1946 H. R. 3217] [Private Law 487] Mattie Lee Wright. April 20, 1946 [H. R. 3430] [Private Law 488] George F. Powell [60 STAT. AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Ruby Miller. 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. Ruby Miller, of Los Angeles, California, the sum of $5,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. Ruby Miller against the United States for personal injuries, hospital and medical expenses, and loss of earnings sustained on August 11, 1944, when she was struck by a United States Post Office vehicle at Alameda and Bauchet Streets, Los Angeles, California: 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 attor- ney 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 April 20, 1946. [CHAPTER 180] AN ACT For the relief of Mattie Lee Wright. 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 Mattie Lee Wright, Pensacola, Florida, the sum of $3,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mattie Lee Wright against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained on December 9 1944, when she was struck by one of two vehicles owned by the United States Army as a result of the collision of such vehicles at an intersection in Pensacola, Florida: 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 181] AN ACT For the relief of George F. Powell. 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 $5,000 to George F. Powell, of Success, Missouri, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, 1154

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