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1125 60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 75-77-MAR . 6 , 1946 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 6, 1946. [CHAPTER 76] AN ACT For the relief of the legal guardian of Olga Stanik, a minor. 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 legal guardian of Olga Stanik, a minor, Carrollville, Wisconsin, the sum of $2,500 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by the said Olga Stanik on September 22, 1938, when she fell into an excavation on a project of the Works Progress Administration at the Otjen School, Carrollville, Wisconsin: Pro- vided, 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 6, 1946. March 6, 1946 [H. R. 3514] [Private Law 417] Guardian of Olga Stanik. [CHAPTER 77] AN ACT For the relief of C. H. Brumfield. 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 C. H. Brumfield, Chicago, Illinois, the sum of $6,790. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said C. H. Brumfield against the United States on account of personal injuries, hospital and medical expenses, and loss of earnings and property damage sustained on August 31, 1943, when an automobile owned and driven by him was in collision with a United States Army vehicle on United States High- way Numbered 2, near Devils Lake, North Dakota. 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 6, 1946. March 6,1946 [H. R . 3784] [Private Law 418] C. H. Brumfield.