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 1173 63 STAT.] 81ST CONG., 1ST SESS.-CHS. 552 -554 -SEPT. 7, 1949 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 these claims settled by the payment of such sums, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwith- standing. 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 September 7, 1949. [CHAPTER 553] AN ACT For the relief of Charles E. Ader. 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 Charles E. Ader, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the sum of $189.75. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Charles E. Ader against the United States for compensation for services per- formed between June 12, 1948, and July 22, 1948 (both dates inclu- sive), as United States Commissioner for the Middle District of North Carolina. Although the said Charles E. Ader performed the duties of such office during such period, and had occupied such office for a four-year term ending June 11, 1948, his reappointment to such office was delayed by an oversight until July 23, 1948: 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 con- trary 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 September 7, 1949. [CHAPTER 554] AN ACT For the relief of Jack McCollum. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Jack McCollum, of Van Alstyne, Texas, the sum of $5,995. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Jack McCollum against the United States for personal injuries (including pain and suffering) and loss of earnings sustained by him as a result of a collision on June 12, 1944, between the taxicab in which he was a passenger and an Army truck at the intersection of Perrin Field Road and North Travis Street Road, near Perrin Field, Sherman, Texas. 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 September 7, 1949. September 7, 199 [H. R. 1792] Prrivate Law 256 CharleB E. Ader. September 7 1949 [H. R. 2f11 (Private LawI Jack MoOolum.

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