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58 STAT.] 78rH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 252, 253-JUNE 13, 1944 [CHAPTER 252] AN ACT For the relief of the Bishopville Milling Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates 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 Bishopville Milling Company, of Bishopville, South Carolina, the sum of $870.05, in full settlement of all claims of such company against the United States for compensation for property damages sustained when a truck and trailer owned by such company was demolished in a collision with a United States Army truck on United States Highway Numbered 521, near Lancaster, South Carolina, on October 29, 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 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 June 13, 1944. [CHAPTER 253] AN ACT For the relief of Anne Rebecca Lewis and Mary Lewis. 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 Anne Rebecca Lewis, of Baltimore, Maryland, the sum of $2,857.50, in full satisfac- tion of her claims against the United States for compensation for personal injuries and property damage sustained by her, and for reimbursement of medical, hospital, and other expenses incurred by her, as the result of an accident which occurred when her privately owned automobile which she was driving collided with a Navy patrol car at the intersection of Southwest First Street and Eighth Avenue, in Miami, Florida, on March 11, 1943; and (2) to Mary Lewis, of Baltimore, Maryland, who was riding as a passenger in such privately owned automobile at the time of such accident, the sum of $806.50, in full satisfaction of her claims against the United States for compensa- tion for personal injuries sustained by her, and for reimbursement of medical, hospital, and other expenses incurred by her as a result of such accident: 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 these claims, 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 June 13, 1944. 989 June 13, 1944 [S. 1247] [Private Law 297] Bishopvlle Milling Company. June 13, 1944 [S. 1305] [Private Law 298] Anne Rebecca Lewis. Mary Lewis.