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60 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 205-207-APR . 23, 1946 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 23, 1946. [CHAPTER 206] AN ACT For the relief of Edward Oatneal, John N. Oatneal, Junior, and James R. Oatneal. 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 Mr. Edward Oatneal, John H. Oatneal, Junior, and James R. Oatneal, the sum of $2,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Edward Oatneal John H. Oatneal, Junior, and James R. Oatneal against the United States for the death of their mother, Mrs. Ora Oatneal, on December 23, 1944, when the car in which she was a passenger was struck by a Coast Guard truck at Henderson Street and Montgomery Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey. Mrs. Oatneal was thrown from the car and killed instantaneously: 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 April 23, 1946. 1163 April 23, 1946 [H. R . 2931] [Private Law 507] Edward Oatneal, John H. Oatneal, Jr. and JamesR. Oatneal, [CHAPTER 207] AN ACT For the relief of H. A. Edd. 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 H. A. Edd, fiscal agent, emergency rubber project, Los Angeles, Cali- fornia, the sum of $290, to reimburse him for repayment of this amount to the credit of the appropriation "Emergency Rubber Proj- ect, Department of Agriculture (F. S .), 1942-1943", covered by cer- tificate of deposit 12-229 dated January 26, 1945, accounts of G. F . Allen, chief disbursing officer, symbol 115-8750, on account of cost of shipment of the household goods of Doctor C. A . Muller on transfer of station from Washington, District of Columbia, to San Antonio, Texas, said shipment having been made after expiration of the six- month period within which shipment was authorized to be made: 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 connec- tion 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 convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved April 23, 1946. Apri 23, 1946 [H. R . 4054] [Private Law 508] 1. A. Edd.