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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 66, 92, 93-MAY 15, 31, 1947 [61 STAT. [CHAPTER 66] May 15, 1947 [H. R. 326] [Private Law 6] Wilma E. Baker. May 31, 1947 [H. R. 384] [Private Law 7] W. H. Baker and Walter Baker. May 31, 1947 [H. R. 4281 [Private Law 8] Charles N. Bemis. AN ACT For the relief of Wilma E. Baker. 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 Wilma E. Baker, the sum of $1,579.70, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by her on August 17, 1944, near Tigard, Oregon, when the car in which she was traveling was struck by a trailer being used and operated at this time by the United States War Food Administration: 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 May 15, 1947. [CHAPTER 92] AN ACT For the relief of W. H. Baker and Walter Baker. 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 W. H. Baker, of Williams, Arizona, the sum of $1,000, in full settlement of all claims of the said W. H. Baker against the United States for the death of his son, Clinton Baker, and to Walter Baker, of Williams, Arizona, the sum of $81.55, in full settlement of all claims of the said Walter Baker for reimbursement of expenses incurred by him in connection with the burial of said Clinton Baker, whose death occurred on October 23, 1942, as the result of the collision of an Army airplane with a com- mercial transport plane of American Airlines, Incorporated, in which he was riding: 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 31, 1947. [CHAPTER 93] AN ACT For the relief of Charles N. Bemis. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Charles N. Bemis, of Albany, New York, is hereby relieved of liability to the United States in the sum of $105.06, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to refund, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the said Charles N. Bemis any amounts heretofore paid by him on such indebtedness to the United States. Such indebtedness arose out of the shipment of household goods of 966

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