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 PRIVATE LAWS--CHS. 261-263-JUNE 28, 1949 rune 28, 1949 [H. R. 12811 [Private Law 128] V. O. MeMillan. Guardian of Caro- lyn McMilan. June 28, 1949 [H. R. 2078] (Private Law 129] Winston A. Brown- ie. United States for personal injuries sustained as the result of an acci- dent involving an Army jeep on United States Highway 101, three miles north of the city of Oceanside, California, on December 27, 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 con- tract 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 28, 1949. [CHAPTER 262] AN ACT For the relief of V. 0 . McMillan and the legal guardian of Carolyn McMillan. 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 V. O. McMillan, of Bay Minette, Alabama, the sum of $434.50, in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of medical and hospital expenses paid by him for the treatment of injuries sus- tained by his minor daughter, Carolyn McMillan, on August 5, 1943, in an accident involving an Army vehicle at Spanish Fort, Baldwin County, Alabama; and to pay to the legal guardian of the said Carolyn McMillan the sum of $3,000 in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained by the said minor in the said accident: 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 June 28, 1949. [CHAPTER 263] AN ACT For the relief of Winston A. Brownie. 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 Winston A. Brownie, White Plains, New York, the sum of $95. Such sum represents reim- bursement to the said Winston A. Brownie for paying out of his own funds a judgment, together with court costs, arising out of an accident occurring on December 19, 1945, when the said Winston A. Brownie was operating a United States mail truck: 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 28, 1949. 1124 [63 STAT.

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