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1097 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 741-743-DEC. 23, 1944 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 tned in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved December 23, 1944. [CHAPTER 742] AN ACT For the relief of Edward C. Robbins. Be it enacted by tie 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 Edward C. Robbins, Pineola, North Carolina, the sum of $4,273.75. The payment of this sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for permanent personal injuries suffered December 30, 1940, while employed by J. R. Eakin, superintendent, Great Smoky Mountain National Park, National Park Service, Gat- linburg, Tennessee, as an expert appraiser and witness in the United States condemnation proceedings of the W. O. Whittle properties near Gatlinburg, Tennessee: 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 743] AN ACT For the relief of Mary Agnes I,ichtefeld Droppelnan and Fred J. Lichtefeld and Josephine Lichtefeld. 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, (1) to Mary Agnes Lichtefeld Droppelman, of Louisville, Kentucky, the sum of $1,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries; (2) to pay the sum of $4,916.12 to Fred J. Lichtefeld and Josephine Lichtefeld, of Louisville, Kentucky, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for medical and hospital expenses for Mary Agnes Lichtefeld, and the death and burial of Ruth Marion Lichtefeld as a result of a collision involving a United States Army truck and an automobile in which they were riding, on October 14, 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky: 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. December 23, 1944 [H. R. 3414] [Private Law 5581 Edward C. Robbins. December 23, 1944 11L. Rt. 3 .1551 [Private l.aw 5591 Mary Agnes Lichte feld Droppelman. Fred J. Lichtefeld and Josephine Lichte- feld.