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58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 125-127--MAR. 22 , 1944 which they were riding, with a United States Army truck on Main Street, Wakefield, Massachusetts, on April 20, 1942: 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 22, 1944. [CHAPTER 126] AN ACT For the relief of the legal guardian of Carl Oplinger, City Hospital of Akron, Ohio, and to Doctor Walter A. Hoyt. 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 the legal guardian of Carl Oplinger, of Akron, Ohio, a minor, the sum of $3,000; to pay the City Hospital of Akron, Ohio, the sum of $63.92; to pay Doctor Walter A. Hoyt, of Akron, Ohio, the sum of $250, in fulf settlement of all claims against the United States arising out of personal injuries sustained on June 6, 1940, by the said Carl Oplinger, at Ellet School, Akron, Ohio, when he was struck by a truck which was being operated under the direct supervision and authority of the Work Projects Administration: 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 22, 1944. [CHAPTER 127] AN ACT To authorize the War Food Administrator to sell and convey to Mrs. Andrew J. Frey, and her heirs, a certain tract of land, situated in the county of San Joaquin, State of California, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the War Food Administrator be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to sell and convey by quitclaim deed to Mrs. Andrew J. Frey, and her heirs for the sum of $100, a certain tract of land, owned by the United States of America and situated in the northwest quarter of section 3, township 4 north, range 5 east, Mount Diablo base and meridian, county of San Joaquin, State of California, described with more particularity as follows: "Commencing at the southeast corner of the twenty-third and forty one-hundredths acre parcel conveyed to the United States of America by deed recorded in Book of Official records, volume 599, page 180; thence south one degree twenty-two minutes twenty seconds east one hundred and twenty-eight feet, which is the beginning point; thence from said beginning point south one degree twenty-two minutes twenty seconds east fifty-five feet; thence 969 March 22, 1944 [H. R . 2459] [Private Law 248] Guardian of Car] Oplinger. City Hospital, Ak - ron, Ohio. Dr. Walter A. Hoyt. March 22, 1944 [H. R.Ms] [Private Law 249) Mrs. Andrew J. Frey and heirs.