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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 580-582-JUNE 19,1948 medical, hospital, and other expenses incurred by him as a result of such injuries up to November 1, 1946: 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 19, 1948. [CHAPTER 581] June 19, 1948 [H. R. 3352] [Private Law 378] Emeline Lartigue. June 19, 1948 [H. R. 3500] [Private Law 379] Lester L. Elder and Mrs. Esther E. Elder. AN ACT For the relief of Emeline Lartigue. 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 Emeline Lartigue, of Mobile, Alabama, the sum of $405.10. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Emeline Lartigue against the United States arising out of the damage to her automobile, which, on August 26, 1946, was struck at an intersection in the city of Mobile, Alabama, by an Army staff car operated by an enlisted man who was acting outside the scope of his employment: 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 June 19, 1948. [CHAPTER 582] AN ACT For the relief of Lester L. Elder and Mrs. Esther E. Elder. 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 Lester L. Elder and Mrs. Esther E. Elder, husband and wife, of Rocky Comfort, Missouri, the sum of $808.49, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for property damages and personal injuries sustained and med- ical and hospital expenses incurred by them and their two minor daughters, Donna Lee Elder and Evelyn Mae Elder, as the result of an accident involving an Army vehicle which occurred on United States Highway Numbered 40, about sixteen miles east of Wells, Nevada, on January 21, 1946: 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 19, 1948. 1.386 [62 STAT.

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