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 1014 August 4,1947 [H. R. 3696] [Private Law 125] Daniel Broken Leg. August 4, 1947 [H. R. 1085] (Private Law 126] Mrs. Marie Sala- mone. August 4,1947 [H. R. 1736] [Private Law 127] PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 465, 466, 485, 486-AUG. 4, 1947 [61 STAT. claims against the United States as compensation for the death of the said Reuben Malkin who was killed by being electrocuted on May 28, 1943, while engaged in painting the United States post office at Cumberland, Maryland, when in the course of his work and without warning the said Reuben Malkin contacted a high-tension feeder line carrying twenty-three hundred volts of current into the Federal building: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in the 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 August 4, 1947. [CHAPTER 466] AN ACT Authorizing the issuance of a patent in fee to Daniel Broken Leg. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to issue to Daniel Broken Leg, of Chadron, Nebraska, a patent in fee to the following-described lands situated on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in the State of South Dakota: Allotment numbered 4316, northeast quarter, section 33, town- ship 100 north, range 78 west, of the fifth principal meridian, Tripp County, South Dakota. Approved August 4, 1947. [CHAPTER 485] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Marie Salamone. 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 Mrs. Marie Salamone, Norristown, Pennsylvania, the sum of $6,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. Marie Salamone against the United States on account of personal injuries received by her on July 7, 1944, when the automobile which she was driving was struck by a United States Army vehicle at the intersection of Arch and Airy Streets, Norristown, Pennsylvania: 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 August 4, 1947. [CHAPTER 486] AN ACT For the relief of. Dean Settles and Mrs. Ruth E. Settles, husband and wife; Mrs. Ruth E. Settles, individually; the estate of Ora H. Hatfield; and Mre Kittie B. Hatfield. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representaties 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

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