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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 255, 256, 259-MAY 14, 15, 1946 [60 STAT. 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 May 14, 1946. [CHAPTER 256] AN ACT For the relief of John C. Spargo. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the John c. Spargo. 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 John C. Spargo, of Seattle, Washington, the sum of $2,500, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for compensation for medical and hospital expenses incurred and for personal injuries and loss of earn- ings sustained by him, as a result of an accident which occurred when the automobile which he was driving was struck by a United States Army vehicle, between Shelton, Washington, and Bremerton, Wash- ington, on May 1, 1941: 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 May 14, 1946. [CHAPTER 259] AN ACT For the relief of George 0. Weems. 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 George O. Weems, of Lafayette Plantation, Tallahassee, Florida, (1) the sum of $825, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for reim- bursement for the death of his five saddle horses as a result of their drinking water from a pond on his property which was polluted by the presence of fluorine in the waste water discharged into such pond and originating in the laundry of the Federal Correctional Institu- tion, Leon County, Florida; and (2) the sum of $780, in full satis- faction of his claim for compensation for property damage sustained by him when his pasture adjoining such pond was rendered unfit for use as a result of the above-described condition: 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 May 15, 1946. May 14, 1946 [8. 1747] [Private Law 536] May 15, 194 [S. 1442] [Private Law 537] George 0. Weems. 1176

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