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57 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 351 -353 -DEC. 17, 1943 Pensacola, Florida, and pinned the said Robert Griffin between the two vehicles: 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 December 17, 1943. [CHAPTER 352] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Luther Clyde Nanny. Be it enacted by the Senate and Houe 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 the estate of Luther Clyde Nanny, of Corpus Christi, Texas, the sum of $872.35, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the loss of a housecar-trailer destroyed on June 12, 1942, in Nueces County, Texas, by fire caused from the crash of a training plane from the Corpus Christi Naval Air Training Station: 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 not- withstanding. 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 17, 1943. 711 December 17, 1943 [H. R. 9371 [Private Law 148] Luther Clyde Nanny, estate. [CHAPTER 353] AN ACT For the relief of Clare A. Miller. 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 Clare A. Miller, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the sum of $3,437.05, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained and hospital, medical, and other expenses resulting when the automobile in which she was a passenger was struck by a United States Army automobile on July 17, 1941, on United States Highway Numbered 1, south of South Hill, Virginia: 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 December 17, 1943. December 17,1943 {H. R. 977] [Private Law 1491 Clare A. Miller.