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PRIVATE ILWS-CHS. 648-650-DEC. 21, 1944 [58 STAT. tion of a piece of paving equipment known as a "5-8 -ton Galion roller" which was struck by a United States Navy airplane on March 5, 1943, at the Sand Point Naval Air Station in Seattle, Washington: 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 649] ATJ AC(T December 21, 1944 [H. R . 3017] For the relief of Hubert McMahon and the legal guardian of Barbara McMahon. [Private Law 505] Hubert McMahon. Legal guardian of Barbara McMahon. December 21, 1944 [H. R . 3138] [Private Law 606] Mrs. Bertha Mack. lin. 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 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Hubert McMahon, of Harrisville, Lewis County, New York, the sum of $5,000 for property damage, personal injuries and permanent disability to himself, and medical and hospital expenses incurred for himself and his minor daughter, Barbara McMahon; and the sum of $1,000 to the legal guardian of Barbara McMahon, a minor, for personal injuries, as a result of an accident involving an Army truck which occurred on September 5, 1942, in Harrisville, Lewis County, New York. Payment of said sums shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States: 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 21, 1944. [CHAPTER 650] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Bertha Macklin. 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. Bertha Macklin, Delaware, Ohio, the sum of $100. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. Bertha Macklin against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained by her on April 7, 1942, while walking on the sidewalk on the west side of South Sandusky Street in Delaware, Ohio, when a United States Army truck struck another truck parked at the curb forcing the latter truck over the curb and causing it to strike the said Mrs. Bertha Macklin: 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 1076