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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 366-368-JULY 30, 1947 [CHAPTER 366] AN ACT For the relief of Harley Shores. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Harley Shores. 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 Harley Shores, of Alma, Crawford County, Arkansas, the sum of $4,000. The pay- ment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Harley Shores against the United States for personal injuries and loss of earnings sustained as a result of an accident on the 19th day of December 1943 near Alma, Arkansas, when he was struck by a cake of ice thrown from the kitchen car of a United States Army troop train, and the said Harley Shores at the time of the receipt of such injury being engaged in his employment as track laborer for the trustee in bankruptcy for the Missouri Pacific Railroad Com- pany, a corporation, and standing beside the track of such railroad while the troop train above-mentioned was passing: 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 service rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the con- trary 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 July 30, 1947. July 30, 1947 [H. R. 8211 [Private Law 96] Charles W. Taylor, Jr. July 30,1947 IH. R. 893 Private Law MjriR. Lead. [CHAPTER 367] AN ACT For the relief of Charles W. Taylor, Junior. 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, the sum of $5,735.14 to Charles W. Taylor, Junior, of San Francisco, California, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, medical and hospital expenses, and other losses sustained as a result of being struck by a trailer attached to a United States Navy vehicle at the intersection of El Camino Real and Wil- low Avenue, Burlingame, California, on October 14, 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 notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con- viction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved July 30, 1947. [CHAPTER 368] AN ACT For the relief of Myron R. Leard. 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 Myron R. Leard, of 1002 July 30, 1947 [H. R. 6401 [Private Law 96] [61 STAT.

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