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765 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 1ST SESS.- CHS. 379-381-SEPT. 21, 24,1945 against the United States for compensation on account of personal injuries and medical and hospital and other expenses incurred by him as a result thereof, sustained by him when he was struck by a United States post-office truck at Haverstraw, New York, on March 14, 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 September 21, 1945. [CHAPTER 380] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Ruby H. Hunsucker. 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, from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mrs. Ruby H. Hunsucker, the sum of $380.81, in full payment of all claims against the United States for property damage sustained as the result of collision with a truck and trailer of the United States Army which occurred on November 17, 1943, on United States High- way Numbered 41, near Dalton, 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 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 24, 1945. [CHAPTER 381] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Stanley E. Smallwood; to the legal guardian of Frank Carter, Junior a minor, to the legal guardian of Donald R. Keithley, a minor; to Keithley Brothers Garage. 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 the estate of Stanley E. Smallwood the sum of $5,388.50; to the legal guardian of Frank Carter, Junior, a minor, the sum of $1,000; to the legal guardian of Donald Keithley, a minor, the sum of $206; to the Keithley Brothers Garage the sum of $525, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the death of Stanley E. Smallwood, and on behalf of the said Frank Carter, Junior, and Donald R. Keithley for personal injuries sustained by them and for medical and hospital expenses incurred for treatment; and by the said Keithley Brothers Garage for the property damage sustained by them as the result of an accident involving an Army truck at the intersection of United States Highway Numbered 40 and Highway Numbered 408, near Edgewood, Maryland, on July 21, 1943I SEC. 2. That no part of the sum appropriated under this Act to the estate of Stanley E. Smallwood shall be paid to the General September 24,1945 [H. R. 2411 [Private Law 198] Mrs. Ruby H. Hunsucker. September 24,1045 [H. B. 79] [Private Law 199] Estate of Stanley E. Smallwood, and others. Keithley Brothers Garage. Prohibitia.