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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 9-12 -JAN. 19, 1948 [62 STAT. February 1,1943, when an automobile in which she was riding collided with a United States Army truck on United States Highway Num- bered 66 at Devore, California: 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 10] January 19, 1948 [H. R. 1645] [Private Law 138] Mrs. Leona Mc- Minn Winkler. AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Leona McMinn Winkler. 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, the sum of $2,500, to Mrs. Leona McMinn Winkler, of Springfield, Missouri, in full satisfaction of her claims against the United States for reimbursement for medical and hospital expenses incurred by her, and for compensation for per- sonal injuries sustained by her, as the result of having been struck by a missile thrown by a wheel of a United States Army truck through the windshield of the automobile in which she was riding as a passenger on United States Highway Numbered 66, near Lebanon, Missouri, on January 19, 1941: 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 111 January 10, 1948 [H. R. 1933] [Private Law 139] Mrs. Elizabeth F. McCombie. AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Elizabeth F. McCombie. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Mrs. Elizabeth F. McCombie, Sallisaw, Oklahoma, a former employee of the Farm Security Administration, is relieved of all liability to pay to the United States the sum of $736. Such sum represents certain collec- tions which were received by the office of the Farm Security Adminis- tration at Sallisaw, Oklahoma, placed in the custody of the said Mrs. Elizabeth F. McCombie, and stolen, without fault on her part, on November 20, 1945. Approved January 19, 1948. [CHAPTER 12] AN ACT For the relief of J. C. Bateman. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the . c. Bateman. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, 1298 January 19, 1948 [H. R. 20561 [Private Law 140]

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