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PRIVATE LAWS-OHES. 421 -423-OCT. 16,1945 [59 STAr. November 8, 1943, in East Gloucester, Massachusetts: 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 16, 1945. [CHAPTER 422] October 16, 1945 [H. R. 16i5] [Private Law 224] Inglis Construction Company. AN ACT For the relief of Inglis Construction Company, a corporation. 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 Inglis Construction Company, a corporation of the State of Florida and doing business in Louisiana, with headquarters at Leesville, Loui- siana, the sum of $1,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of destruction of machinery and supplies by the United States Army at Norco, in the parish of Saint Charles, State of Louisiana, on or about May 4, 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 agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in con- nection with said 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 said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any per- son 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 16, 1945. [CHAPTER 423] October 16,1945 [H. B. 1629] [Private Law 226] Michael 0. Dona- tell. AN ACT For the relief of Michael C. Donatell. 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 Michael C. Donatell, Willmar Minnesota, the sum of $4,339.20. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Michael C. Donatell against the United States on account of permanent impair- ment of vision caused by an injury to his left eye received on April 30,1943, at Tintah, Minnesota, when he was struck by an egg thrown from the kitchen car of a United States Army troop train. At the time of the receipt of such injury, the said Michael C. Donatell was engaged in his employment as fireman for the Great Northern Rail- way Company: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or deliv- ered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlaw- ful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person 776