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1162 [CHAPTER 198] AN ACT For the relief of Oscar R. Steinert. 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 Oscar R. Steinert, of Chicago, Illinois, the sum of $4,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, medical and hospital expenses, loss of earnings, and property damage sustained as the result of an accident involving a United States post- office vehicle, on June 25, 1943, in Chicago, Illinois: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum 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 claims. 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 any services rendered in connection with said claims, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved April 20, 1946. [CHAPTER 205] AN ACT For the relief of George Stiles. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the eorge Stiles. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary 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 $3,107.34, to George Stiles, of San Francisco, California, in full settlement of all claims against the United States as com- pensation for damages sustained as the result of guests being evacuated from the Soda Springs Hotel, Nevada, California, on January 21, 1943, by an officer of the United States Army: 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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 197,198, 205 -APR . 20 , 23 , 1946 [60 STAT. sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. May Holland against the United States on account of the death of her husband, Leslie W. Holland, who was fatally injured on September 2, 1942, when the bicycle he was riding on State Highway Route Numbered 4, near Cape May, New Jersey, was struck by a United States Army truck: 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 April 20, 1946. April 20, 1946 [H. R . 5664] [Private Law 505] Oscar R. Steinert. April 23,1946 [H. R. 2837] [Private Law 506]