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PRIVATE LAWS--CHS. 767-769--DEC. 23. 1944 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 that the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwith- standing. 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 768] December 23, 1944 [H. R . 4962] [Private Law 584] Jessie Springsteen and John Springsteen. December 23, 194 [II. R. 50341 [Private Law 5851 Francis A. Collins, estate. AN ACT For the relief of Jessie Springsteen and John Springsteen. 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, the sum of $1,878.30 to Jessie Springsteen, of Eatontown, New Jersey; to pay the sum of $182 to John Springsteen of Eatontown, New Jersey. The payment 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 Miss Springsteen's car was involved m a collision with a United States Army truck in Shrewsbury Town- ship, Monmouth County, New Jersey, on October 28, 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 convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved December 23, 1944. [CHAPTER 7691 AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Francis A. Collins. 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 monev in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $5,384.25, to the estate of Francis A. Collins, deceased, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States as compensation for the death of Francis A. Collins, and medical, hospital, and burial expenses incurred as a result of the said Francis A. Collins being struck by an Army ambulance at the intersection of Canal Street and South Scott Street, in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, on December 15, 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 23, 1944. 1108 [58 STAT.