PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 457-459-NOV. 9, 1945 [59 STAT. centum thereof on account of any services rendered in connection with said claims, 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 November 9, 1945. [CHAPTER 458] November 9, 1945 [S. 9791 [Private Law 242] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Mrs. Lillian Epstein. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the srs. Lillian Ep- 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 the estate of Mrs. Lillian Epstein, the sum of $5,000, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States on account of the injury and death of Mrs. Lillian Epstein as the result of an accident which occurred on September 26, 1944, on Wadsworth Avenue, forty feet south of One Hundred and Seventy-ninth Street, New York City, New York, when the said Mrs. Lillian Epstein was struck by a United States mail truck: Provided, That no part of the amount appropri- ated 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 shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved November 9, 1945. November 9, 1945 [I1. R . 1630] [l'rivate Law 243] Lubell Brothers, Inc. [CHAPTER 459] AN ACT For the relief of Lubell Brothers, Incorporated. 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 Lubell Brothers, Incorporated, 806 Broadway, New York City, New York, the sum of $104,511.12. Such sum represents liquidated damages for delay in deliveries of certain shirts under contracts between the said Lubell Brothers, Incorporated, and the United States of America (contracts numbered W-669-QM-10585, W-669-QM-10618, W-669-QM-10697, W-669-QM-10759, W-669-QM-10787, and W-669-QM-10980) entered into between January 6 and February 11, 1941. Such delay in deliv- eries resulted in no loss or damage to the United States, and on March 3, 1944, the Quartermaster General recommended to the Gen- eral Accounting Office the allowance of this claim. Such allowance cannot be made by the General Accounting Office under existing provisions of law: Provided, That no part of the amount appropri- ated 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 November 9, 1945. 784
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