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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 744 -746-DEC. 23, 1944 [CHAPTER 744] December 23, 1944 [H. R. 3709] [Private Law 560] Harley E. Carter. December 23,1944 [H. . 39951 [Private Law 561] Walter Lundmark. December 23, 1944 [H. R. 4105j [Private Law 5621 Ira Cannon. AN ACT For the relief of Harley E. Carter. 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 Harley E. Carter, of Boone, Colorado, the sum of $5,374.53, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for compensation for personal injuries sustained, and reimbursement of expenses incurred, as the result of a collision between the car in which he was riding and a truck from the Army Air Base at Pueblo, Colorado, operated by Corporal Clyde T. Batson, in the service of the United States, on June 9, 1943, at a point about two miles east of Pueblo, Colorado, on Colorado State Highway Numbered 96: 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 not- withstanding. 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 745] AN ACT For the relief of Walter Lundmark. 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 Walter Lundmark, Soap Lake, Washington, the sum of $2,500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Walter Lund- mark against the United States for personal injuries sustained on January 4, 1943, when he was struck with a catsup bottle and perma- nently disfigured by an enlisted man from the Army Air Base, Ephrata, Washington, in front of the Bob White Cafe, Soap Lake, 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 ren- dered 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 746] AN ACT For the relief of Ira Cannon. 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 1098 [58 STAT.