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 60 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 230, 231, 234 -APR. 24 -26, 1946 [CHAPTER 230] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Chancie Lee Brisbin, 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 the estate of Chancie Lee Brisbin, deceased, of Route Numbered 1, Holland, Texas, the sum of $6,313, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the personal injury and death of the said Chancie Lee Brisbin as the result of being struck by a block of ice thrown by a soldier from a moving railroad train on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad Company's right-of-way near Holland, Texas, on January 24, 1945: 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. 1171 April 24, 1946 [H. R. 4253] [Private Law 524] Chancie Lee Bris- bin, estate. [CHAPTER 231] AN ACT For the relief of Esther L. Berg. 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 Esther L. Berg, of Portland, Oregon, the sum of $2,472.54, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries hospital and medical expenses, as a result of a fall at the United States Veterans' Hospital, Markham Hill, Portland, Oregon, on July 29, 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 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 m any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved April 25, 1946. [CHAPTER 234] AN ACT For the relief of Hutchinson's Boat Works, Incorporated, and others. 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 Hutchinson's Boat Works, Incorporated, Alexandria Bay, New York, the sum of $4,468.12; to First National Bank of Merrick, Merrick, New York, assignee of Amity Boat Basin, the sum of $13,855.58; to Bruns-Kimball and Company, of Patchogue, New York, the sum of $17,297.85; to April 25, 1946 [H. R. 2826] [Private Law 525] Esther L. Berg. April 26, 1946 [H. R. 1217] [Private Law 526] Hutchinson's Boat Worts, Inc., and others.

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