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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 135-137-JUNE 25, 1947 property damage and personal injuries sustained by the said Francis Eugene Hardin, when he was struck by a falling signal light knocked from its standard by an Army truck while he was standing on the sidewalk at a corner of York Boulevard and Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, California, on December 4, 1943, and for medical, hospital, and incidental expenses incurred in the treatment of said minor by reason of the injuries sustained by him in said accident: 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 25, 1947. [CHAPTER 1361 June 25, 1947 [H. R. 651] [Private Law 27] Rubert W. Alex- ander, estate. Relief from liability. June 25, 1947 [H. R. 888] [Private Law 281 Lake Landing Township, Hyde County, N. 0. Payments to cer- tain ersons in settle- ment of claims. 54 Stat. 1351. AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Rubert W. Alexander. 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 Rubert W. Alexander, Des Moines, Iowa, the sum of $5,647.97, in full settle- ment of all claims of the said estate against the United States for personal injuries, property damages, and losses sustained and medical and hospital expenses incurred by the late Rubert W. Alexander as a result of the crash on or about February 6,1943, of an Army airplane, in which he was a passenger, at Watson Lake, Canada: Provided, That the said estate of Rubert W. Alexander, deceased, be, and it is hereby, relieved of all obligation to pay to the United States the sum of $1,439.66 heretofore paid for the benefit of Mr. Alexander by the United States Employees' Compensation Commission as a result of this accident: And provided further, 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 25, 1947. [CHAPTER 137] AN ACT For the relief of certain owners of land who suffered loss by fire in Lake Landing Township, Hyde County, North Carolina. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, by reason of determinations reported to the Congress by the Acting Secretary of the Interior pursuant to section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act for the relief of certain claimants on account of loss by fire for which the United States was adjudged liable", approved August 13, 1940, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the owners of the following lands in Lake Landing Township, Hyde County, North Carolina, the following sums, such sums to be 974 [61 STAT.

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