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 1296 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 5, t--JAN. 19, 1948 [CHAPTER 5] January 19, 1948 [H. R. 769] [Private Law 133] Ruth Horton Hunt- ,er, estate. January 19, 1948 [H. R. 1155] [Private Law 134] W. H. Rodgers, .e state. [62 STAT. AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Ruth Horton Hunter. 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 estate of Ruth Horton Hunter, deceased, late of Lancaster County, South Carolina, the sum of $5,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of the death, on October 27, 1944, of the said Ruth Horton Hunter from injuries sustained by her when she was struck, on said date, on Main Street, of the town of Heath Springs, Lancaster County, South Carolina, by an Army truck, driven by Private Benjamin Daniels of the Columbia, South Carolina, Army Air Base: 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 January 19, 1948. [CHAPTER 6] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of W. H. Rodgers, deceased. 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 executors and trustees of the estate of W. H. Rodgers, deceased, late of Trousdale County, Tennessee the sum of $5,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States aris- ing out of damages to the Lowe Farm, which was owned by the said decedent and situated one mile south of Hartsville in Tlrousdale County, Tennessee, as a result of special field exercises conducted on such farm by the United States Army from August 1943 to April 1944. As a result of such field exercises (1) the hay crop on forty-seven and seven-tenths acres of such farm was reduced by one hundred and forty-three and one-tenth tons (one-third of the normal output of those acres for three cuttings), and (2) the fences on the pasture fields of such farm were destroyed, necessitating the removal of one hundred and thirty-nine head of mules to a barn on such farm and the purchase of extra feed for such mules: 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 per- son 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 January 19, 1948.

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