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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 67-69-APR. 18, 1949 April 18, 1949 [H. R. 1164] [Private Law 25] H. M. McCorvey, estate. April 18, 1949 [H. R. 1176] [Private Law 26] Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Hann. Stapleton, Ruth Burk, and Mildred Ovren, copartners doing business under the name and style of Stapleton Lumber and Piling Company be, and they are hereby, released of and from all liability and respon- sibility to the United States of America under a certain renegotiation agreement, dated May 14, 1943 (W. 3460-eng-PAS 42), between them and the Secretary of War (now the Secretary of the Army), in the amount of $20,187.40 with any accrued interest thereon, which is the unpaid portion of the amount named in said renegotiation agreement; and the United States of America shall forthwith release from impound or attachment all funds or credits due and payable to Stapleton Lumber and Piling Company by its customers which said funds or credits were and are impounded and withheld by said cus- tomers upon orders of the United States of America issued in connec- tion with said renegotiation agreement: Provided, That no part of the amount remitted by this Act in excess of 10 per centum 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 April 18, 1949. [CHAPTER 68] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of H. M. McCorvey. 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 legal representative of the estate of H. M. McCorvey, deceased, late of Moultrie, Georgia, the sum of $836.59. The payment of such sum shall be in full settle- ment of all claims of such estate against the United States on account of personal injuries, property damage and loss of wages sustained by the said H. M. McCorvey as the result of a collision on April 16, 1944, between the automobile owned and operated by the said H. M. McCorvey and a United States Army truck, approximately one mile from Spence Field near Moultrie, Georgia: 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 notwithstand- ing. 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 April 18, 1949. [CHAPTER 69] AN ACT For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Hann. 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 be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Hann the aggregate sum of $2,500, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States for the personal injuries 1084 [63 STAT.

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