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59 STAT.] 79Tr CONG. , IST SESS.-CHS. 486-488-NOV. 17, 20 , 1945 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 17, 1945. 793 [CHAPTER 487] AN ACT November 20, 1945 For the relief of G. H. Moore and Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Moore. [H. R. 1015] [Private Law 262] 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, (1) . H. Moore. to G. H. Moore, the sum of $1,081.50; (2) to Mr. A. J. Moore, the Mr. A. J. Moore. sum of $500; and (3) to Mrs. A. J. Moore, the sum of $500, all of Mrs. A . J. Moore. Butler, Taylor County, Georgia, in full settlement of all claims against the United States arising out of the injury of G. H. Moore and Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Moore when the car in which they were riding was struck by a Government car, operated by an employee of the office of the division engineer, War Department, Atlanta, Georgia, on the night of December 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 attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwith- standing. 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 20, 1945. [CHAPTER 488] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Donald Rhone. 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 estate of Donald Rhone, of De Land, Florida, the sum of $5,000, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for the death of the said Donald Rhone, which resulted from personal injuries received on August 26, 1941, when a United States Civilian Conservation Corps truck ran into a truck going in the opposite direction along a public street of De Land, Florida, causing it to run upon the sidewalk and to strike the said Donald Rhone: 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 notwith- standing. 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 20, 1945. November 20, 1945 [I. R . 2.546] [Private Law 263] Donald Rhone, es - tate. 66.947°- -47---PT. II- -- 8