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58 STAT.] 78Tr CONG., 2D SESS. - CHS. 103-105--MAR . 20, 1944 sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of damages to lands and crops of the said estate resulting from the activities of First Army maneuvers in Fairfield County, South Carolina, in the fall of 1941: 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 March 20, 1944. (CHAPTER 104] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Bessie Pike and Mrs. Estelle Rosenfeld. 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 Mrs. Bessie Pike, of Rockaway Beach, New York, the sum of $274, and to Mrs. Estelle Rosenfeld, of Belle Harbor, Long Island, New York, the sum of $3,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a United States Army truck at Rockaway Beach, New York, on December 20, 1941: 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 March 20, 1944. [CHAPTER 105] AN ACT For the relief of the legal guardian of Richard Zielinski, a minor. 961 March 20, 1944 [H. R. 1518] [Private Law 229] Mrs. Bessie Pike and Mrs. Estelle Ros- enfeld. March 20. 1944 [n. R. 18471 [Private Law 2301 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Oardianu o Rlch. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the legal guardian of Richard Ziellnski, of Toledo, Ohio, the sum of $1,000 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries suffered as a result of being struck by a United States mail truck at 6:10 post-meridian on April 12, 1933, while the driver of said truck was in the performance of his duty in connection with the pick-up and delivery of the United States mail: 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 con- trary 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 March 20, 1944.