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59 STAT.] 79TH CONG., IST SESS.-CHS. 615 -617-DEC. 28 , 1945 [CHAPTER 615] AN ACT For the relief of Matthew Mattas. 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 Matthew Mattas, New York City, the sum of $8,500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Matthew Mattas against the United States on account of severe personal injuries sustained by him on January 28, 1943, when he was struck by a United States Army truck at Amsterdam Avenue and West One Hundred and Fifty-sixth Street, New York City: Provided,That no part of the amount appro- priated 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 28, 1945. [CHAPTER 616] AN ACT For the relief of Percy Allen. 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 Percy Allen, Bailey Island, Maine, the sum of $2,112.24. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Percy Allen against the United States for damage to his business and property resulting from activities of the United States Army at Bailey Island, from July 1942 through December 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 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 28, 1945. [CHAPTER 617] AN ACT For the relief of Roy S. Councilman. 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 Roy S. Councilman, Corona Del Mar, California, the sum of $894. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Roy S. Councilman against the United States for personal injuries sustained on August 8, 1944, when two United States Navy airplanes dived so close to a fishing boat on which the said Roy S. Councilman was fishing off San Mateo, California, that their backwash threw him 819 December 28, 19l6 [H. R. 1031] [Private Law 326] Matthew Mattas. December 28, 1946 [H. R. 1234] [Private Law 327] Percy Allen. December 28,1945 [H. R. 12501 [Private Law 328] Roy S. Councilman.