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PRIVATE LAWS--CHS. 348 -350 - -JUNE 30, 1944 [58 STAT. of being shot by a soldier on the military reservation at Fort Thomas, Kentucky, on April 17, 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 June 30, 1944. [CHAPTER 349] AN ACT For the relief of Ruth L. Clapp. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Ruth L. Clapp. 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 Ruth L. Clapp, of Ogden, Utah, the sum of $322.82, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, medical and hospital expenses sustained by her as a result of an accident in which she was burned by steam in the dormitories at the Ogden Arsenal, Ogden, Utah, on April 30, 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 June 30, 1944. [CHAPTER 350] June 30, 1944 (H. R. 33241 [Privato Law 34] Postal Telegraph- Cable Company. AN ACT For the relief of the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company. 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 Postal Telegraph- Cable Company, of New York, New York, the sum of $3,090.94, in full satisfaction of its claim against the United States for reimburse- ment of expenses incurred in rebuilding and restoring a thirty-wire crossing over the Delaware River between Raven Rock, New Jersey, and Lumberville, Pennsylvania, which was demolished and knocked into the Delaware River by a United States Navy aircraft, model SBD-4, number 10645, on April 3, 1943, while engaged in a routine scheduled flight over the Delaware River: 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 agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in con- nection with such claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with 1008 June 30, 144 [H. R. 3137] [Private Law 340]