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60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 702, 703, 715-JULY 30, 31, 1946 [CHAPTER 702] AN ACT For the relief of the legal guardian of James Lemuel Muzzall, a minor. Be it enacted by the Senate and Houe 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 $5,000, to the legal guardian of James Lemuel Muzzall, a minor, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries inflicted on him on July 24, 1943, by reason of his being struck and injured by an Army staff car operated by an enlisted man on official business, while said Army staff car was proceeding south on Highway Numbered 76, in Henry County, Tennessee: 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 not- withstanding. 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 30, 1946. 1283 July 30, 194, [H. R. 11511 [Private Law 7951 Guardian of James Lemuel Muzzall. [CHAPTER 703] AN ACT For the relief of Andre Dacharry. 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 Andre Dacharry, Los Angeles, California, the sum of $9,923.44. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Andre Dacharry against the United States on account of personal injuries, medical and hospital expenses and property damage sustained on January 19, 1944, when he, and the bicycle which he was riding, was struck on the Coast Highway near Malibu Beach, California, by a United States Coast Guard 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 July 30, 1946. [CHAPTER 715] AN ACT For the relief of Standard Dredging Corporation. Be it enacted by the Senate and Howue 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 Standard Dredging Corporation, of New York, New York, the sum of $622.217.84. Such sun represents the actual loss incurred by the said Standard Dredging Corporation in the performance of a subcontract approved by the Navy Department and dated October 22, 1941, by and between the July 30, 194 [H. R . 2192] [Private Law 796] Andre Dacharry. July 31. 194 [H. R. g5lJ [Prirae LIar W] Standard Drdgin Corp.