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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 849-851 -AUG. 7, 1946 [60 STAT. sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. Grace A. Phillips against the United States on account of the death, on Feb- ruary 7, 1943, of her husband, Arthur D. Phillips, as the result of injuries sustained by him, February 6, 1943, on Pennington Avenue (also known as Henry Ford Avenue), Los Angeles, California, when he was struck by a United States Army vehicle. 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 August 7, 1946. [CHAPTER 850] August 7, 1946 [H. R . 5851] [Private Law 853] Second Lt. Francis W. Anderson. AN ACT For the relief of Second Lieutenant Francis W. Anderson. 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 Second Lieutenant Francis W. Anderson, United States Army, the sum of $38.66 . Such sum represents the amount which the Office of Price Administration determined that the said Second Lieutenant Francis W. Anderson had been overcharged for rent of room 13A of building 13, Davis Court, Pemberton, New Jersey, during the period from March 24, 1945, to May 18, 1945. When such determination was made, the said Second Lieutenant Francis W. Anderson had departed for parts unknown and, efforts to locate him having failed, the amount of such over- charge was paid, pursuant to regulations governing such cases, by the landlord to the Treasurer of the United States: 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 851] AN ACT For the relief of Joseph Maezer. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Joseph Maezer. 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 $1,196.60 to Joseph Maezer, residing at 13706 Benwood Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries and loss of earnings, sustained as a result of an accident involving a United States Post Office truck at Saint Clair Avenue, in the city of Cleveland, Ohio, on July 4,1943: 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, but the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary 1306 August 7, 1946 [H. R. 5874] [Private Law 854]