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60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 190-192-APR . 20, 1946 of $5,000 shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. Lucille Scarlett against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained by her on October 18, 1943, when the automobile in which she was a passenger was in collision with a United States Army truck at the intersection of United States Highway Numbered 70-N, Scott Street, and Buffalo Valley Road in Cookeville, Tennessee. The payment of such sum of $175 shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Charles Scarlett against the United States for damage to his automobile as the result of such collision: Provided, That no part of either of the sums 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 the claim settled by the payment of such sum, 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 April 20, 1946. [CHAPTER 191] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Eleanor Wilson Lynde, deceased. 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 Eleanor Wilson Lynde, deceased, late of Winnetka, Illinois, the sum of $5,000. Payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of the death of Eleanor Wilson Lynde, and expenses incident thereto, as a result of a collision on May 3, 1945, involving the automobile in which she was a passenger and a United States Navy truck at the intersection of Queen Street and Scimmino Road located within the limits of the United States naval training and distribution center, Camp Peary, Williamsburg, Virginia: 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 April 20, 1946. [CHAPTER 192] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Clifford W. Prevatt. 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 Mrs. Clifford W. Prevatt, Hampton, Florida, the sum of $121.19. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. Clifford W. Prevatt against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained on November 26, 1943, as the result of a collision in vicinity 1159 April 20,1946 [H. R . 3846] [Private Law 498] Eleanor Wilson Lynde, estate. April 20, 1946 [H. R . 3948] [Private Law 499] Mrs. Clifford W. Prevatt.