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58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2D SESS. -CHS. 640-643-DEC. 21, 1944 the death of his son, Lucian, who was killed on September 5, 1942, by an explosion in a concrete building, while helping his father start in operation a gasoline motor used to pump water for a Soil Conservation Service nursery located at Americus, 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 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 December 21, 1944. [CHAPTER 641] AN ACT For the relief of Mary Lovis Elliott. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the pur- pose of the immigration and naturalization laws the alien Mary Lovis (alias Lucko or Lutzke) Elliott, of Memphis, Tennessee, whose hus- band is a citizen and a member of the armed forces of the United States, shall be considered to have been lawfully admitted, at Detroit, Michigan, on August 1, 1939, to the United States for permanent residence. Approved December 21, 1944. 1073 December 21, 1944 [H. R. 1643] [Private Law 497] Mary Lovis Elliott. [CHAPTER 6421 AN ACT For the relief of Henry Stovall. 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 Henry Stovall, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the sum of $500, in full and final settlement of any and all claims against the United States for injuries sustained when he was shot by an Army guard on Mobile Street in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on August 16 1942: Pro- vided, That no part of the amount appropriated by 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 con- viction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved December 21, 1944. [CHAPTER 643] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Agnes Wolters. 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. Agnes Wolters, of East Saint Louis, Illinois, the sum of $608.90. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. Agnes Wolters against the United States on account of personal injuries December 21, 1944 [H. R. 2213] [Private Law 499] Mrs. Agnes Wolters. December 21, 1944 [H. R. 1772] [Private Law 498] Henry Stovall.