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60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 690, 691, 695-JULY 27, 29, 1946 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 July 27, 1946. [CHAPTER 691] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Opal Riley and Robert R. Riley. 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. Opal Riley, Kansas City, Missouri, the sum of $5,813.27, and to Robert R. Riley, Kansas City, Missouri, the sum of $299. The payment of such sum of $5,813.27 shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. Opal Riley against the United States on account of personal injuries, hos- pital, medical, and other expenses, and property damage sustained by her as the result of an accident on March 25, 1945, when her auto- mobile which she was driving was in collision with a United States Navy station wagon at the intersection of Kansas State Highways Numbered 7 and 10, in Johnson County, Kansas. The payment of such sum of $299 shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Robert R. Riley against the United States for property damage and personal injuries as the result of such collision: 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 unlaw- ful, 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 in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved July 27, 1946. [CHAPTER 695]N ACT AN ACT For the relief of the Poultry Producers of Central California. 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 $1,860 net, to the Poultry Producers of Central California, in full satisfaction of their claim against the United States for the net unpaid balance due them under contract numbered N 220 s-665 00, dated Jan- uary 2, 1942, entered into by the Poultry Producers of Central Cali- fornia with the United States Government through the Navy Depart- ment for furnishing and delivering six hundred thousand dozen of eggs to the naval supply depot, Oakland, California. Said claim arising from an oral change of orders regarding dates for the delivery of eggs when war requirements demanded immediate shipment of eggs contracted for storage purposes and delivery on dates covered in con- tract conflicted with available shipping facilities requiring emergency oral adjustment of delivery dates in the interest of the Government 1281 July 27,1946 [H. B. 5025] [Private Law 791] Mrs. OpalRileyand Robert R. Riley. July 29, 1946 [H. R . 3484] [Private Law 7921 Poultry Producers of Central California.