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1117 60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 42-44-FEB . 28 , 1946 owned bus that was struck by a bus owned and operated by the Navy Department on December 20, 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 agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, 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 February 28, 1946. [CHAPTER 43] AN ACT For the relief of Jess Hudson. 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 Jess Hudson, of Bir- mingham, Alabama, the sum of $255.26, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for compensation for property damage sustained by him as the result of an accident which occurred on Jan- uary 15, 1944, when the automobile which he was driving was struck by a United States Army vehicle on Fiftieth Street North, in Bir- mingham, Alabama: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- priated 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 February 28, 1946. [CHAPTER 44] AN ACT For the relief of Robert R. Rowe, 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 is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Robert R. Rowe, Junior, of Louisville, Kentucky, $6,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Robert R. Rowe, Junior, against the United States on account of severe personal injuries sustained by him on April 29, 1944, when he was struck by a United States Army tractor and trailer at West Chestnut Street and South Twenty-sixth Street, Louisville, Kentucky: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act m 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 February 28, 1946. February 28 1946 [. 1131] [Private Law 395] Jess Hudson. February 28 1946 (S. 14001 (Private Law 3961 Robert R. Rowe, Jr.