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60 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 369-371-JUNE 11, 1946 of her being struck, on April 11, 1945, on Columbus Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, by a vehicle in the service of the Army of the United States: 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 370] AN ACT For the relief of John M. Shipp. 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 John M. Shipp, of Talbotton, Georgia, the sum of $4,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said John M. Shipp against the United States for personal injuries sustained as the result of a collision on November 27, 1944, on United States Highway Numbered 80, near Columbus, Georgia, involving the truck on which he was riding 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 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. June 11, 1946 [H. R . 4723] [Private Law 621] John M. Shipp. [CHAPTER 371] AN ACT For the relief of the Sawtooth Company. 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 the Sawtooth Company, of Boise, Idaho, the sum of $488.29, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States for damages other than property damage sustained as the result of an accident involving an airplane crashing into a truck owned by the said Sawtooth Company, at the Pocatello Air Base, Pocatello, Idaho, on August 10, 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, 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 con- viction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved June 11, 1946. June 11, 194 [II. It. 4777] Ti'rivato Law 622] Sawtooth Company.