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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 630-632-JULY 25, 1946 July 25, 1946 [H. R . 3848] [Private Law 744] Guardian of John- nie Pollock. July 25, 1946 [H. R. 3857] [Private Law 745] Warren H. Thomp- son and Madeline Parent. July 25, 1946 [H. R. 4090] [Private Law 746] Roy Hesselmeyer. [CHAPTER 6301 AN ACT For the relief of the legal guardian of Johnnie Pollock, a minor. 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, the sum of $4,062.80, to the legal guardian of Johnnie Pollock, a minor, of Killeen, Texas, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, hospital and medical expenses and other expenses incident thereto, sustained as the result of an explosion of a shell near Camp Hood, Texas, on June 11, 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 notwith- standing. 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 July 25, 1946. [CHAPTER 631] AN ACT For the relief of Warren H. Thompson and Madeline Parent. 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 Warren H. Thompson, San Diego, California, the sum of $1,000, and to Madeline Parent, San Diego, California, the sum of $800. The payment of such sums shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained by the said Warren H. Thompson and Madeline Parent on November 17, 1944, when the automobile which the said Warren H. Thompson was driving and in which the said Madeline Parent was a passenger was involved in a collision with a United States Army truck on the highway from Carlsbad, California, to San Diego, California: Provided, That no part of either of the sums 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 the claim settled by the payment of such sum, 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 mis- demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined n any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved July 25, 1946. [CHAPTER 632] AN ACT For the relief of Roy Heaselmeyer. 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 Roy Hesselmeyer, of Union, Missouri, the sum of $2,000. Such sum represents reimburse- ment by the United States to the said Roy Hesselmeyer of an amount paid by him to the United States in satisfaction of a judgment had and taken against him in the sum of $2,000 and costs as surety on a [60 STAT. 1262