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 60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 225 -227-APR. 24, 1946 1169 in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to James Sherry, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, the sum of $9,167.47. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said James Sherry against the United States on account of the deaths of his three minor sons, James, John, and Peter Sherry, ages 12, 11, and 7, respectively, which were caused by the explosion on his farm near Brimley, in Chippewa County, Michigan, on August 6, 1944, of a high explosive antitank rocket or bazooka projectile, which had been left on the Rexford rifle range by members of the United States Army on maneu- vers: 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 con- tract 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 24, 1946. [CHAPTER 226] AN ACT, For the relief of James Lynch. 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 James Lynch, Syracuse, New York, the sum of $4,514.60, in full satis- faction of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, medical and hospital expenses as the result of being struck by a United States mail truck while crossing Erie Boulevard East, at the corner of South Warren Street, in the city of Syracuse, New York, on September 30, 1944: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- priated 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 24, 1946. April 24, 1946 [H. R. 2836] [Private Law 620] James Lynch. [CHAPTER 227] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Evelyn Merritt. 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 $4,000, to Mrs. Evelyn Merritt, of route 1, New Augusta, Mississippi, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, and loss of earning sustained as a result of a collision between the automobile in which she was riding and a United States Army truck in Camp Shelby, Mississippi, on December 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 April 24,1946 H. R. 2927] [Private Law 521] Mrs. Evelyn Mer- ritt.

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