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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 667-669-JUNE 25, 1948 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 mis- demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved June 25, 1948. [CHAPTER 668] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Mary H. Overall and Thomas I. Baker. 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. Mary H. Overall, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the sum of $1,280, and to Thomas I. Baker, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the sum of $1,500. The payment of such sum of $1,280 to the said Mrs. Mary H. Overall shall be in full settle- ment of all claims of the said Mrs. Mary H. Overall against the United States arising out of the loss of a barn and its contents as a result of fire caused by military personnel during Army maneuvers in Ten- nessee in 1944. The payment of such sum of $1,500 to the said Thomas I. Baker shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Thomas I. Baker against the United States for the loss of a Fordson tractor which was in such barn at the time of the fire and damaged beyond repair: Provided,That no part of either of the sums 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 the claim settled by the payment of such sum, 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 25, 1948. 1399 June 25, 1948 [H. R. 3427] [Private Law 409] Mrs. Mary H. Overall. Thomas I. Baker. [CHAPTER 669] AN ACT For the relief of Douglas L. Craig. June 25, 1948 [H. R. 4452] [Private Law 410] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the L. Cg. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary DO las L - of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Douglas L. Craig, San Clemente, California, the sum of $3,200. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Douglas L. Craig against the United States for personal injuries sustained as the result of an accident involving an Army car on the highway between Livermore and San Francisco, California, on March 4, 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.

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