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731 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG., IST SESS.-CHS. 235-237-JULY 2, 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 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 July 2, 1945. [CHAPTER 236] AN ACT For the relief of Harold J. Grim. 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 Harold J. Grim Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, the sum of $2,087.40. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for property damage resulting from the destruction of the Piper coupe airplane NC-37977, on May 21, 1944, when it was struck where it was parked on Wing's Field, Ambler, Pennsylvania, by a landing United States Navy airplane, model F-4U-1, bureau number 02438: 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 July 2, 1945. [CHAPTER 237] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. C. J . Rhea, Senior. 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. C . J. Rhea, Senior, of Windsor, North Carolina, the sum of $700, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States for compensation for property damage sustained by her as the result of the demolition of her automobile which occurred when the automobile, parked at the curb within legal lines in front of her dwelling, was struck by a United States Army command car at Windsor, North Carolina, on October 24, 1943: Provided,That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or deliv- ered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlaw- ful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person vio- lating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a mis- demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved July 2, 1945. July 2,1945 [H. R. 1091] [Private Law 115] Harold J. Grim. July 2,1945 [H. R. 1243 [Private Law 11] Mrn. O ..JRhea, Sr.