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62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 583-585-JUNE 19, 1948 [CHAPTER 583] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Helen E. Scofield. 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 $4,000, to Mrs. Helen E. Scofield, of Milford, Connecticut, in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. Helen E. Scofield against the United States for personal injuries, hospital and medical expenses, and loss of earnings sustained as the result of an accident involving a Coast Guard vehicle in West Haven, Connecticut, on October 20, 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 attor- ney 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 June 19, 1948. [CHAPTER 584] AN ACT June 19, 1948 [H. R. 3641] [Private Law 380] Mrs. Helen E. Sco- field. ' . June 19,1948 For the relief of Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe, Incorporated. [H. R . 4830] [Private Law 381] 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 hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropri- ated, to Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe, Incorpo- rated, the sum of $51,513.89, in full satisfaction of its claim against the United States for refund of customs duties paid between December 1946 and April 1947, inclusive, on the importation of Cuban chocolate purchased by Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe, Incor- porated, and reexported by it for relief purposes to Europe: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated by this Act 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 19, 1948. [CHAPTER 585] AN ACT Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent in fee to Florence A. W. Arens. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to issue to Florence A. W. Arens, of Billings, Montana, a patent in fee to the following-described lands allotted to her on the Crow Indian Reservation, Montana: Lots 11 and 12, section 2; lot 9, section 3; the east half of the east half of section 10; the west half of the east half of the east half of the west half, the west half of the east half of the west half, the west half of the west half, section 11, range 29 east, township 2 south, Montana Cooperative for American Remit- tances to Europe, Inc. June 19, 1948 [H. R. 5147] [Private Law 382] Florence A. W. rens. 1387