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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 106-108-MAR. 20, 1944 [CHAPTER 106] March 20, 1944 [H. R. 2385] [Private Law 231] Nadine Gorman. March 20, 1944 [H. R . 2440] [Private Law 232] Mrs. Priscilla B. McCarthy. AN ACT For the relief of Nadine Gorman. 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 $1,500, to Nadine Gorman, of Omaha, Nebraska, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for personal injuries and property damage sustained by her when an automobile in the service of the Works Progress Administration ran into her automobile in Omaha, Nebraska, on February 2, 1939: Provided, That the above sum shall be accepted in full release of the judgment held against Arthur L. Dunn: 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 March 20, 1944. [CHAPTER 107] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Priscilla B. McCarthy. 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 Mrs. Priscilla B. McCarthy, of Louisville, Kentucky, the sum of $2,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, resulting in permanent disfigurement, sustained by her in an accident which occurred when the automobile in which she was riding was struck by a truck in the service of the National Youth Adminis- tration, driven by an employee of the National Youth Administra- tion, on official Government business, near Bloomfield, Kentucky, on July 17, 1941: 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 March 20, 1944. [CHAPTER 108] March 20, 1944 [H. B. 2772] [Private Law 233] AN ACT For the relief of Edwin Foley. EdwB Folee 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 to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Edwin Foley, of Mukwonago, Wisconsin, the sum of $126, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for reimbursement of said sum paid by him for clerk hire in the post office at Clinton, Wisconsin, 962 [58 STAT.