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60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 350-352 -JUNE 11, 1946 [CHAPTER 350] AN ACT For the relief of Edward A. Hollis, 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 be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Edward A. Hollis, Senior, of Reynolds, Georgia, the sum of $2,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries and medical expenses sustained on August 11, 1944, when he was struck by a United States Army motorcycle, being at the time operated by an enlisted man on official business, at Camp Wheeler, Georgia: 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 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 June 11, 1946. [CHAPTER 351] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Jennie Burnison. 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. Jennie Burnison, Walla Walla, Washington, the sum of $6,473.45. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. Jennie Burnison against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained on September 22, 1943, when she was struck at the inter- section of Spokane and Main Streets, Walla Walla, Washington, by a United States Army reconnaissance car: 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 June 11, 1946. [CHAPTER 352] AN ACT Forthe relief of the estate of Eleanor Doris Barrett. For the relief of the estate of Eleanor Doris Barrett. June 11, 1946 [H. R . 4047] [Private Law 601] Edward A. Hollis, Sr. June 11, 1946 [H. R. 4074] [Private Law 602] Mrs. Jennie Burni- son. June 11, 1946 [H. R. 4115] [Private Law G03] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theBar United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary ret, estDte. of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the legally qualified representative of the estate of Eleanor Doris Barrett, deceased of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the sum of $3,319.25 in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of the injury and death of said decedent and the medical, hospital, and burial expenses in- cident thereto, as a result of her having been struck by an Army vehicle 1203