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60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 821-823-AUG. 7 , 1946 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 August 7, 1946. [CHAPTER 822] AN ACT For the relief of Coy C. Brown. 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 Coy C. Brown, Big Bear Lake, California, the sum of $3,500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Coy C. Brown against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained on February 1, 1943, when an automobile owned and driven by him col- lided with a United States Army truck on United States Highway Numbered 66 at Devore, California: 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 August 7, 1946. [CHAPTER 823] AN ACT For the relief of William F. Patchell, Junior. 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 topay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to William F. Patchell, Junior, of Malden, Massachusetts, the sum of $4,000 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for medical and hospital expenses incurred, for wages paid in connection with his business, and for property damage and personal injuries sustained, all resulting from a collision involving an Army truck which occurred on the Pulaski Highway in Jersey City, New Jersey, on May 5, 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 conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved August 7, 1946. 80634--48 -- PT. II ---13 August 7,1946 [H. R.31971 [Private Law 8261 William F. I'atchell, Jr. 1295 August 7,1946 [H. R . 3099] [Private Law 825] Coy C. Brown.