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59 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 74-76-APR . 17, 1945 injuries received by her on September 6, 1940, when the car which she was driving collided with a United States mail truck, at Jackson, Mississippi: 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 con- tract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the pro- visions 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 April 17, 1945. [CHAPTER 75] AN ACT April 17, 1945 For the relief of Florence J. Sypert, administratrix of the estate of Leona Connor [H. R. 1492] Childers. [Private Law 43] 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, to Florence J. Sypert, of Kansas City, Missouri, as administratrix of the estate of Leona Connor Childers, deceased, the sum of $3,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States of the said estate for the death of Leona Connor Childers, which occurred as the result of an accident involving an Army airplane on February 27, 1943, at the Municipal Air Terminal at Kansas City, Missouri: 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 April 17, 1945. [CHAPTER 76] AN ACT For the relief of Doctor David R. Barglow. 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 to Doctor David R. Barglow, of Trinidad, Colorado, the sum of $32. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims which the said Doctor David R. Barglow has against the United States for and on account of professional services rendered during the month of October 1942 in making physical examinations of Government em- ployees engaged in the construction of the Trinidad Prisoner of War Camp at Trinidad, Colorado, which examinations were made under the orders and direction of the United States Army engineers who were in charge of said project: 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 that 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 April 17, 1946. Leona Connor Childers, estate. April 17, 1945 [H. R. 15391l [Private Law 44] Dr. David R. Barg- low. 701