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1052 December 7,1944 [H. R . 2898] [Private Law 447] Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Rhodes. PRIVATE LAWS--CHS. 533-535-DEC. 7, 1944 [CHAPTER 533] AN ACT For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. R. L . Rhodes. [58 STAT. 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 appro- priated, to Mr. and Mrs. R . L . Rhodes, of Huntington, Texas, the sum of $826, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for medical expenses and injuries sustained by them as the result of an accident between the car in which they were riding and an Army truck, which occurred on United States Highway Num- bered 171, about one and one-half miles south of De Ridder, Lou- isiana, on August 8, 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 December 7, 1944. [CHAPTER 5341 December 7,1944 [H. R . 3000] [Private Law 448] AN ACT For the relief of Clara E. Clark. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Caa E. Clark. 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 $2,000 to Clara E. Clark, of Adrian, Michigan, in compensa- tion for injuries sustained on January 22, 1943, in the city of Adrian, Michigan, on account of a fall in the Federal post office building, at Adrian, Michigan, caused by the slippery and dangerous condition of the floor in said post office building on account of water, snow, and other dangerous conditions permitted therein: 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 deeme guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved December 7, 1944. December 7,1944 [H. B. 3373] [Private Law 449] Dewey H. Davis. [CHAPTER 535] AN ACT For the relief of Dewey H. Davis. 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 Dewey H. Davis, of Macon, Georgia, the sum of $5,000, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for compensation for personal injuries, medi- cal and hospital expenses incident thereto sustained by him as the result of an accident which occurred when the passenger bus in which