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[57 STAT. PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 49-51-APR . 10, 1943 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $10,887.75 to Raymond W. Baldwin and Mattie Baldwin, of Houston, Texas, and to pay to Clement B. Baldwin, of Houston, Texas, the sum of $5,707.45 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for property damage and the death of Ida Beatrice W. Baldwin, wife of Clement B. Baldwin, as a result of a United States Army plane crashing into their home at 2224 Riverside Drive, Houston, Texas, on July 30, 1942: 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 April 10, 1943. [CHAPTER 501 AN ACT For the relief of Lee Watta 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, the sum of $3,115.50 to Lee Watts, of Irwindale, California, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States for personal injuries and property damage sustained by him as a result of a collision between the automobile in which he was riding, and a United States Army truck, license number U. S . A . 2015216, said collision occurring on July 29, 1941, on Highway 99, immediately south of Tulare, Cali- fornia: 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 April 10, 1943. [CHAPTER 51] AN ACT For the relief of Albertine Nast. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Albertine Nast. 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 Albertine Nast, of Belleville, Illinois, the sum of $46, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States for medical expenses incurred by Mrs. Albertine Nast and Wayne Nast as a result of a collision involving a Government truck operated in connection with the Civilian Conservation Corps, in Giant City State Park, near Makanda, Illinois, on July 4, 1936: Provided, That no part of the amount allocated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attor- neys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount April 10, 1943 [H. R . 12791 [Private Law 17] Lee Watts. April 10, 1943 [H. R. 1459] [Private Law 18] 654