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60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 345 -347--JUNE 11, 1946 L. Steinmetz, sustained as the result of an accident involving a United States Army Air Force vehicle on North Street in Springfield, Ohio, on July 26, 1944: 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 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 11, 1946. [CHAPTER 346] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Charles M. Overcash, deceased. 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 estate of Charles M. Overcash, deceased, of Kansas City, Missouri, the sum of $5,000, in full settlement of all claims of the said estate against the United States on account of the death on August 10, 1941, of the said Charles M. Overcash, from injuries sustained by him on such date in a collision on Missouri State Highway Numbered 66, near Lebanon, Missouri, involving the truck which he was driving and a United States Army truck: 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 11, 1946. 1201 June 11, 1946 [H. R . 3822] [Private Law 597] Charles M. Over- cash, estate. [CHAPTER 347] AN ACT For the relief of Gertrude McGill. 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 Gertrude McGill, of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, the sum of $5,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Gertrude McGill against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained as a result of being struck by an Army vehicle at the corner of Robeson and Elm Streets in the city of Fay- etteville, North Carolina, on June 24, 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, June 11, 1946 [H. R . 3823] [Private Law 598] Gertrude McGill.