805 59 STAT.] 79'rH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CHS. 535-537-DEC. 3, 1945 of $1,000, in full settlement of all claims of the said Arlethia Rosser, against the United States as a result of having suffered a bullet wound from the pistol of a military policeman of the United States Army on July 15, 1943, while he was performing his official duties: 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 con- trary 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 December 3, 1945. [CHAPTER 536] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Ruth Cox. 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 Mrs. Ruth Cox, of 743 Keep Street, Linden, New Jersey, the sum of $3,000. The pay- ment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. Ruth Cox against the United States on account of the death of her husband, Lonnie Cox, who was killed in a collision between the car which he was driving and a United States Army truck, part of a motor convoy, on United States Highway Route 60 between Evans- ville, Indiana, and Owensboro, Kentucky, on April 28, 1943: Pro- vided, 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 connec- tion 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 con- viction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved December 3, 1945. December 3, 1945 [H. R. 2427] [Private Law 292] Mrs. Ruth Oox. [CHAPTER 537] AN ACT For the relief of Captain Werner Holtz. 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 Captain Werner Holtz, Albany, New York, the sum of $546.30. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Captain Werner Holtz against the United States for losses sustained as the result of personal injuries suffered by his wife and damage to his automobile when such automobile was struck near Hopkinsville, Kentucky, on September 1, 1943, by a United States Army truck: 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 December 3, 1945. December 3, 1945 [H. R. 21791 P'rivate Law 293] Capt. Werner Holtz.
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