60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 436 -439-JUNE 21, 1946 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 21, 1946. [CHAPTER 437] AN ACT For the relief of Oran Edmund Randall Rumrill. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the admin- istration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, and benefits upon honorably discharged soldiers or sailors, Oran Edmund Randall Rum- rill, who enlisted in the United States Navy February 15, 1916 as an apprentice seaman (numbered 1166762) shall hereafter he held and considered to have been honorably discharged from the naval service of the United States on October 26, 1918: Provided, That no com- pensation, pay, pension, or other benefit shall be held to have accrued prior to the passage of this Act. Approved June 21, 1946. [CHAPTER 438] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Patsy Ann Maheux, 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 be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the estate of Patsy Ann Maheux, late of Jackman, in the county of Somerset, and State of Maine, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $3,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damages occasioned by the death of Patsy Ann Maheux suffered as a result of being struck by an automobile owned by the United States Government, on October 23, 1944, while the driver of said automobile was in the performance of his duty in connection with the Immigration and Naturalization Service: 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 21, 1946. 1235 June 21, 1946 [H. R. 4525] [Private Law 6771 Oran Edmund Ran- dall Rumrill. June 21, 1I46 [H. R . 4600] [Private Law 678] Patsy Ann Maheux, estate. [CHAPTER 439] AN ACT For the relief of Richard C. Ward. 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 Richard C. Ward, of Corpus Christi, Texas, the sum of $3,000, in full June 21, 1946 [H. R . 4693] [Private Law 679] Richard C. Ward.
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