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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 375-377-JULY 30, 1947 [61 STAT. 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 con- tract 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 July 30, 1947. [CHAPTER 376] July 30, 1947 [H. R. 2434] [Private Law 105] Ruth A. Hairston. July 30, 1947 [H. R. 2507] (Private Law 106] Barrett and Hlp. AN ACT For the relief of Ruth A. Hairston. 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 $255, to Ruth A. Hairston, of Urbancrest, Ohio, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States for personal injuries and loss of earnings sustained as the result of an accident involving a United States Army vehicle on United States Highway Numbered 62, near Urbancrest, Ohio, on May 13, 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 attor- ney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstand- ing. 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. [CHAPTER 377] AN ACT For the relief of the firm of Barrett and Hilp. 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 firm of Barrett and Hilp, general contractors, of San Francisco, California, the sum of $20,193.55. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said firm of Barrett and Hilp against the United States arising out of the explosion at Port Chicago, California, on July 17, 1944. Such sum represents the amount of loss determined by the Navy Department to have been sustained by such firm, less the amount received by such firm on contracts of insurance: 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 July 30, 1947. 1006

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