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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 643 -645 -DEC. 21 ,1944 sustained by her as the result of being struck by a United States Army truck at Edgemont Station, Belleville, Illinois, on April 29, 1938: 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 21, 1944. [CHAPTER 644] AN ACT For the relief of Rose B. Luzar. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Bose B. . 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 Rose B. Luzar, of Jeannette, Pennsylvania, the sum of $923.34, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained on July 10, 1941, when she was struck by a mail truck in the city of Jeannette: 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 21, 1944. [CHAPTER 645] December 21,1944 [H. R. 23731 [Private Law 501] Pearl Saievitz l1ur- witz. Ruth Levin. AN ACT For the relief of Pearl Saievitz Hurwitz and Ruth Levin. 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 Pearl Saievitz Hurwitz, now of Boston, Massachusetts, the sum of $100; to pay the sum of $500 to Ruth Levin, of Fitchburg, Massachu- setts, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, medical expenses, and property damage sustained by her when she was struck by a truck owned by the city of Boston and leased or rented by said city to the Works Progress Administra- tion, and being operated by one Lawrence Flaherty, an employee of said Works Progress Administration in connection with a project then being constructed by and under the supervision of said Works Progress Administration on Atlantic Avenue in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, on November 15, 1938: 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 21, 1944. December 21, 1944 [H. R. 2300] [Private Law 500] 1074 [58 STAT.