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59 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 1ST SESS.- CHS. 370-372-SEPT. 21, 1945 [CHAPTER 370] AN ACT For the relief of Lily L. Carren. 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 Lily L. Carren, Hay- ward, California, the sum of $3,500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Lily L. Carren against the United States for personal injuries and damage to personal prop- erty sustained when she was struck by a United States Navy shore patrol station wagon on November 6, 1943, while walking across the intersection of A and Castro Streets, Hayward, 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 contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved September 21, 1945. [CHAPTER 371] AN ACT For the relief of the legal guardian of Margaret Hockenberry, a minor. 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 the legal guardian of Margaret Hockenberry, a minor Duncannon, Pennsylvania, the sum of $5,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained by the said Margaret Hockenberry on March 23 1943 when she was struck in Duncannon, Pennsylvania, by a United States Army truck: 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 September 21, 1945. [CHAPTER 372] AN ACT For the relief of George C. Tyler and Doris M. Tyler. 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 George C. Tyler and his wife, Doris M. Tyler, Garden Grove l California, the sum of $2,280. The payment of such sum shall be m full settlement of all claims of the said George C. Tyler and the said Doris M. Tyler against the United States for damage to certain orange trees owned by them caused by the crash of a United States Navy airplane on 6347°T-47 -PT . II -- -4 761 September 21, 1945 [H. R. 999] [Private Law 188] Lily L. Carren. September 21,1945 [H. R. 1057] [Private Law 189] Guardian of Mar- garet Hockenberry. September 21, 1945 [H. R. 1257] [Private Law 190] George C. Tyler and Doris M. Tyler.