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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 662-664 -JUNE 25, 1948 property damages caused by the collision of two United States Army aircraft which fell upon and destroyed their premises on June 8, 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 conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved June 25, 1948. [CHAPTER 663] AN ACT For the relief of Miss Rosella M. Kostenbader. Be is enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of American 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 Miss Rosella M. Kosten- bader, 235 West Homer Street, Freeport, Illinois, the sum of $37.64, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for reimburse- ment of the cost of travel from Freeport, Illinois, to Sweetwater, Texas, while under official orders to report for Women's Airforce Service Pilot training, which training was terminated while the claimant was en route to Sweetwater, Texas, as a result of admin- istrative action based on recommendations by Members of the House of Representatives: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- priated 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, 1948. [CHAPTER 664] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Vito Abarno. 1397 June 25, 1948 [H. R. 1642] [Private Law 404] Miss Rosella M. Kostenbader. June 25, 1948 [H. R. 2009] [Private Law 406] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Vito Abmo, estte. of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the estate of Vito Abarno, Staten Island, New York, the sum of $2,500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said estate against the United States on account of the death of Vito Abarno, who was fatally injured on July 15,1943, when the automobile in which he was a passenger was struck by a United States Army truck at the intersection of Tompkins Avenue and Wadsworth Avenue, Staten Island, New York: 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 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 June 25, 1948.

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