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 60 STAT.] 79rH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 290, 291-JUNE 8, 1946 [CHAPTER 290] AN ACT For the relief of Southern California Edison Company, Limited. 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 Southern California Edison Company, Limited, a corporation organ- ized under the laws of the State of California, the sum of $1,628.30, in full settlement of all claims against the United States arising out of or in connection with damage caused to an electric transmission line owned by Southern California Edison Company, Limited, by a United States Navy airplane, model F3A-1, Bureau Numbered 04634, coming in contact with said transmission line at a point along Cajon Highway near Keenbrook, California, on July 21, 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 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 June 8, 1946. [CHAPTER 291] AN ACT For the relief of Severo Apoluna Dinson and Candilaria Dinson, and the legal guardian of Laura Dinson and the legal guardian of Teresita Dinson. 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 Severo Apoluna Dinson and Candilaria Dinson, of Honokaa, Hawaii Territory of Hawaii, parents of Luisa Dinson, a minor, the sum of $3,000, to the legal guardian of Laura Dinson, a minor, the sum of $1,000; and to the legal guardian of Teresita Dinson, a minor, the sum of $500. Such sums are in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of the death of Luisa Dinson, who was killed, and for personal injuries, hospital and medical expenses for Laura Dinson and Teresita Dinson, who were injured, as the result of an accident in which a United States jeep driven by personnel of the United States Marine Corps struck these children in the vicinity of Honokaa, Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii, on January 2,1945: 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 June 8, 1946. June 8, 1946 [H. R. 4270] [Private Law 549] Southern California Edison Company, Ltd. June 8, 1946 [H. R. 4298] [Private Law 550] Severo Apoluna Dinson, and others. 1181

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