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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 481, 484, 486 -NOV. 14, 15, 17, 1945 [59 STAT. Department or of the Army": Provided, That no part of the amounts appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum of any claim shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with such claim, 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 14, 1945. [CHAPTER 484] November 15, 1945 [S. 1199] [Private Law 260] L. W. Freeman. 36 Stat. 1091. 28U.s. c. 141(20). 57 Stat. 678. AN ACT Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina to hear, determine, and render judgment upon any claim arising out of the death of L. W. Freeman. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina to hear, determine, and render judg- ment as if the United States were subject to suit in tort, upon any claim against the United States arising out of the death of L. W . Freeman, late of Dobson, North Carolina, who was killed January 29, 1938, near Dobson, North Carolina, when the automobile which he was driving was struck by a Civilian Conservation Corps truck operated by one Paul J. Flynn: Provided,That the judgment, if any, shall not exceed a total sum of $5,000. SEC. 2. Suit upon such claim may be instituted at any time within one year after the enactment of this Act, notwithstanding the lapse of time or any statute of limitations. Proceedings for the determination of such claim, appeals therefrom, and payment of any judgment thereon, shall be in the same manner as in the cases over which such court has jurisdiction under the provisions of paragraph 20 of section 24 of the Judicial Code, as amended. SEC. 3. The Act entitled "An Act conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Etta Houser Freeman", approved June 26, 1943, is hereby repealed. Approved November 15, 1945. [CHAPTER 486] November 17, 1945 [8. 562] [Private Law 261] Klau-Van Pieter- som-Dunlap Asso- ciates, Inc. AN ACT For the relief of Klau-Van Pietersom-Dunlap Associates, 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 Klau-Van Pietersom- Dunlap Associates, Incorporated, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the sum of $1,664.05, in full satisfaction of its claims against the United States (1) for compensation for services rendered at the request of district representatives of the War Production Board, in preparing a presentation setting forth the facilities in the State of Wisconsin for the manufacture of plywood aircraft, and in conducting the nec- essary research in connection therewith, and (2) for reimbursement of expenses incurred by it in the preparation of such presentation: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in