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58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2D SESS. -CHS. 387-389- -JULY 1, 1944 [CHAPTER 387] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Carlos Perez Aviles. 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 the administrator of the estate of Carlos Perez Aviles, deceased, of Arecibo, Puerto Rico, the sum of $5,235. The payment of such sum shall be in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States- on account of the death of Carlos Perez Aviles, which resulted from personal injuries received on December 30, 1942, while walking on a sidewalk along Munoz Rivera Street in Camuy, Puerto Rico, when he was struck by a small house which fell from a United States Army truck when such truck was in collision with a telephone pole: 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 July 1, 1944. [CHAPTER 388] AN ACT For the relief of Josephine Guidoni. 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 Josephine Guidoni, Fresno, California, the sum of $5,491.51. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Josephine Guidoni on account of the death of her husband, Guilio Guidoni, who lost his life on April 22, 1943, when the truck which he was driving was struck on Belmont Avenue at or near the intersection of Maple Avenue, in the county of Fresno, California, by a United States Army ambulance: 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 ren- dered 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 July 1, 1944. [CHAPTER 389] AN ACT For the relief of Byron Ennis. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Byron Ennis, of Newark Valley, New York, the sum of $600, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for the cost 1015 July 1, 1944 [H. R. 3539] [Private Law 357] Carlos P6rez Aviles, estate. July 1, 1944 [H. R . 3636] [Private Law 358] Josephine Ouidoni. July 1, 1944 [HI. R. 3654] [Private Law 359] Byron Ennis.