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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 734-736-DEC. 23 , 1944 [58 STAT. injuries sustained, and to Nathan Mangrum, of Fairview, Tennessee, the sum of $50 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for property loss sustained, when the truck in which they were riding was struck by a United States Army truck at the intersection of Lea Avenue and Eighth Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, on August 5, 1942: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or deliv- ered 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 23, 1944. [CHAPTER 7351 December 23,1944 [H. R. 2150] [Private Law 551] Diemer Adison Coulter and Frances Andrews Coulter. AN ACT For the relief of Diemer Adison Coulter and Frances Andrews Coulter. 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 Diemer Adison Coulter, Huntsville, Alabama, the sum of $2,500 and to Frances Andrews Coulter, Huntsville, Alabama the sum of $2,000. The payment of such sums shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States arising out of personal injuries sustained by the said Frances Andrews Coulter and the death of Gerald Coulter, the minor child of the said Diemer Adison Coulter and Frances Andrews Coulter, on December 11, 1941, when they were struck by an automobile driven by an enlisted man of the United States Army on United States Highway Numbered 72 near Huntsville, Alabama: 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 23, 1944. [CHAPTER 736] December 23,144 AN ACT [HPR.23a4] For the relief of the estate of Mrs. Phoebe Sherman, and for Mrs. Harriett W. [Private La 62] Vanderhoef and Allan Vanderhoef. Mrs. Phoebe Sher- man, estate. Mrs. Harriett W. Vanderhoef. Allan Vanderhoef. 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 $1,500 to the estate of Mrs. Phoebe Sherman; to pay the sum of $650 to Mrs. Harriett W. Vanderhoef; and to pay the sum of $150 to Allan Vanderhoef, of Red Bank, New Jersey. The pay- ment of such sums shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United'States on account of personal injuries, medical expenses, and property damage sustained when Mrs. Vanderhoef's car was involved in a collision with a United States Army truck in Shrews- bury, New Jersey, on January 19, 1942: Provided, That no part of 1094