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59 STAT.] 79TH OONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 397-399-OCT. 11, 1945 1943; and (2) for reimbursement of medical, hospital, and other expenses incurred by him as a result of such injuries: 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 October 11, 1945. [CHAPTER 398] AN ACT For the relief of William Andrew Evans. 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 William Andrew Evans, of Wakulla County, Florida, the sum of $3,500, in full satis- faction of all claims against the United States for compensation for personal injuries sustained by him when he was struck by a United States Army car on State Highway Numbered 10 near Sopchoppy, Wakulla County, Florida, on December 6, 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 any such payment, delivery, or receipt shall be unlaw- ful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person vio- lating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved October 11, 1945. [CHAPTER 399] AN ACT For the relief of Ensign Elmer H. Beckmann, United States Naval Reserve. 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, the sum of $409.05 to reimburse Ensign Elmer H. Beckmann, United States Naval Reserve, for the value of personal property lost in the fire in the junior bachelor officers' quarters at the United States naval air station, Brunswick, Maine, on August 4, 1944: 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 October 11, 1945. October 11 1945 [S. 729 [Private Law 207] William Andrew Evans. October 11 1945 [i. 732] [Private Law 208] Ensign Elmer H. Beckmann U. S.N . R .