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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 263-265-MAY 4, 5,1948 [CHAPTER 263] May 4,1948 [H. R. 3328] [Private Law 274] Mr. and Mrs. Rus- sell Coulter. AN ACT For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Coulter. 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 $1,000 to Mr. Russell Coulter and the sum of $1,000 to Mrs. Russell Coulter (Dorothy Coulter), such sums to be in full satisfaction of their respec- tive claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by them on April 15, 1944, when their car was struck by a United States mail truck, between Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Avenues on Powell Boulevard, in Portland, Oregon: 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 May 4, 1948. [CHAPTER 264] May 4, 1948 AN ACT [H. R.4va99] For the relief of James C. Smith, Stephen A. Bodkin, Charles A. Marlin, Andrew J. Perlik, and Albert N. James. J Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the others. mthn United States of America in Congressassembled, That the Comptroller General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to credit the accounts of James C. Smith, postmaster at Pittsburgh, Penn- sylvania, Stephen A. Bodkin, former postmaster, and to relieve Charles A. Marlin, Andrew J. Perlik, and Albert N. James, post-office clerks in the Oakland Station post office, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from any liability to refund or pay to the United States the sum of $2,578.97 such sum being money-order funds lost in a burglary of the Oakland Station, on March 15,1944. Approved May 4, 1948. [CHAPTER 265] May 5, 1948 AN ACT [Private Law 36] For the relief of the legal guardian of James Harold Nesbitt, a minor. di Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the aroldNesbitt.J mes United tates of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,000 to the legal guardian of James Harold Nesbitt, a minor, of Big Sandy, Texas, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, medical and hospital expenses sustained as the result of an accident involving an Army vehicle at the intersection of Church and Gilmore Streets, Big Sandy, Texas, on July 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 1346 [62 STAT.

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