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58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 565-567-DEC. 13 , 1944 Boland, Senior, of Atlanta, Georgia, the sum of $2,000, in full satis- faction of his claim against the United States for compensation for personal injuries sustained by him as the result of an accident which occurred when the automobile in which he was riding was struck by a United States Army truck near Mabelton, Georgia, on February 11, 1943: 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 13, 1944. [CHAPTER 566] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Mamie Dutch Vaughn. 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 Mrs. Mamie Dutch Vaughn, of Tattnall County, Georgia, the sum of $5,000, in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States for compensation for the death of her minor daughter, Gladys Vaughn, who was killed on the night of April 23, 1943, in Liberty County, Georgia, when the bus on which she was riding was struck by a motor vehicle driven by a soldier in the Army of the United States: 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 13, 1944. 1061 December 13,1944 [S. 1869] [Private Law 470] Mrs. Mamie Dutch Vaughn. [CHAPTER 567] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Sophia Tannenbaum. 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 Mrs. Sophia Tannen- baum, of University City, Missouri, the sum of $5,327.45, in full satis- faction of all claims against the United States arising out of the death of her husband, Morris Tannenbaum, who died as the result of injuries sustained by him on February 13, 1943, when a United States Army truck struck another vehicle which struck the said Morris Tannenbaum: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- priated 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 13, 1944. 93650--45-PT. -- 9 Deoember 13, 1944 IS. 18071 [Private Law 4711 Mrs. Sophia Tan- nenbaum.