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58 STAT. 78TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 655-657-DEC. 21 , 1944 on June 5, 1940, on United States Route 17, near Yorktown Virginia: 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 con- tract 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 656] A'T AP(T December 21, 1944 For the relief of Archie Berberian, Kurken Berberian, and Mrs. Osgetel Berberian. [H. R. 3465] [Private Law 612] 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, the sum of $7,602.39, to Archie Berberian and Kurken Berberian, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damages to their residence; to pay the sum of $500 to Mrs. Osgetel Berberian for personal injuries, medical and hospital expenses, sustained as a result of a United States Army plane crashing into their home in Warwick, Rhode Island, on April 6, 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 21, 1944. Archie Berberian, Kurken Berberian, and Mrs Osgetel Ber- berian. [CHAPTER 657] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Pearl W. Peterson. 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. Pearl W. Peter- son, Washington, District of Columbia, the sum of $1,500. The pay- ment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by the said Mrs. Pearl W. Peterson on May 28, 1943, when she was struck while walking across the intersection of Seventh Street and Market Square North- west, Washington, District of Columbia, by a truck in the service of the Office for Emergency Management: 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. 1079 December 21, 1944 1Il. R . 34841 (Privateo Law 5131 Mrs. Pearl W. Peter- sol.