PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 309 -311-JUNE 10, 1946 personal injuries sustained by the said Ben Thomas Haynes who was seriously injured by the explosion of an unexploded signal flare left in a maneuver area near his father's home by United States Army troops on March 19, 1944, near Watertown, Wilson County, Ten- nessee: 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 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 June 10, 1946. [CHAPTER 310] June 10, 1946 [H. R . 3270] [Private Law 566] James B. McCarty. June 10, 1946 [H. R. 340] [Private Law 567] Mrs. Merla Koper- ski. AN ACT For the relief of James B. McCarty. 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 James B. McCarty, Alexandria, Louisiana, the sum of $423.80, in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of, and growing out of, a collision which occurred between his car and a United States Army truck in the city of Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, on or about December 5, 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 agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, 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 June 10, 1946. [CHAPTER 311] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Merla Koperski. 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. Merla Koperski, Kapaka, Hauula, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, the sum of $2,114. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. Merla Koperski against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained on October 28, 1944, when she was struck, while standing in the yard of her home, by a bullet fired by a member of the Military Police, United States Army, for the purpose of halting a truck whose driver failed to obey an order to stop. 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. [60 STAT.
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