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63 STAT.] 81ST CONG., 1ST SESS.-CHS. 475, 480, 481-AUG. 18, 1949 [CHAPTER 475] AN ACT For the relief of Loretta B. Powell. 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 Loretta B. Powell, of Oakland, California, the sum of $4,121.75, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the damages sustained by her on account of her personal injury on August 24, 1944, when she tripped over a wooden brace supporting a partition in the office of the Pacific Overseas Air Technical Service Command, Oak- land, California: 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 agents, or attorney or attorneys, 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 August 18, 1949. [CHAPTER 480] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Dorothy Vicencio. 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 Mrs. Dorothy Vicencio, Loomis, California, the sum of $5,456.51. Such sum is paid to her both for her benefit and for the benefit of her minor child and such payment shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. Dorothy Vicencio, and all claims of her minor child, against the United States on account of the death of Raymond Vicencio, husband of the said Mrs. Dorothy Vicencio and father of such child, as a result of a collision on August 8, 1944, on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge between a truck operated by the said Raymond Vicencio and a United States Navy truck: Provided, That no part of the amount provided for in this Act shall be subject to any claim for reimbursement to any insurance company or compensation insurance fund which may have paid any amount to the claimant herein by reason of the death of Raymond Vicencio: And provided further, 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 August 18, 1949. AN ACT For the relief of Lois E. Lillie. August 18, 1949 [H. R. 1023] [Private Law 2311 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Lois E. -Te. 1163 August 18, 1949 [H. R . 2807] [Private Law 229] Loretta B. Powell. August 18, 1949 [H. R. 631] [Private Law 230] Mrs. Dorothy Vi- cencio. [CHAPTER 481]