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Feb. 28, 1946 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 4 5- 47 - ar. , 2, 1946 Mar. 1, 2,1946 [CHAPTER 45] February 28, 1946 [8. 1423] [Private Law 397] Charles L. Phillips. March 1, 1946 IS. 323] [Private Law 398] Thomas F. Gray. March 2, 1946 [. 865] (Private Law 399] Agnes 5. Allberry, estate. [60 STAT. AN ACT For the relief of Charles L. Phillips. 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, to Charles L. Phillips, of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, the sum of $81, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for medical services rendered to a patient who was injured when struck by a truck owned by the Navy Department at East Greenwich, Rhode Island: 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 February 28, 1946. [CHAPTER 46] AN ACT For the relief of Thomas F. Gray. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the Comptroller General is authorized and directed to cancel the charge, in the amount of $1,043.95, entered on the accounts of Thomas F. Gray, as postmaster at Niagara Falls, New York, by reason of the disallowance by the General Accounting Office of expenditures representing the salary of the said Thomas F. Gray as acting postmaster during the period from September 15 to December 8, 1942, such service not having been author- ized by the Civil Service Commission. Approved March 1, 1946. [CHAPTER 47] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Agnes J. Allberry. 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 the estate of Agnes J. Allberry, the sum of $5,000, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for compensation for the death of the said Agnes J. Allberry, who died in Hawaii on August 11, 1943, as the result of burns received by her from the explosion of a United States Navy airplane which crashed near the place where she was working on August 9, 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, 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 March 2, 1946.