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717 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 1 ST SESS.-CHS. 151-153-MAY 29, 1945 in the service of the United States, on October 10, 1943, near Fontana Junction in the vicinity of San Bernardino, California: 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 May 29, 1945. [CHAPTER 152] AN ACT For the relief of Robert Lee Slade. 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 Robert Lee Slade, Dendron, Virginia, the sum of $3,625.35. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Robert Lee Slade against the United States for personal injuries and property damage sustained on December 5, 1943, when the automobile owned and driven by him was struck by a United States Army truck at the intersection of State Route 31 and State Route 460, near Wakefield, Virginia: 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 ren- dered 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 May 29, 1945. May 29, 1945 [H. R. 16021 [Private Law 82] Robert Lee Slade. [CHAPTER 153] AN ACT For the relief of Domenico Strangio. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Domenico tranglo. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $39.62 to Domenico Strangio, of Sacramento, California, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for services rendered as an employee at the Sacramento Post Office during the holidays in December 1944: 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 May 29, 1945. May 29, 194 _[H. R . 1845 [Private Law 83]