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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 227-229-APR . 24, 1946 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 24, 1946. [CHAPTER 228] April 24, 1946 S·. R. 3159] [private Law 5221 AN ACT For the relief of Ernest Pedro Ferreira. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Ernest Pedro Fer- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary reira. of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Ernest Pedro Ferreira, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, the sum of $2,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Ernest Pedro Ferreira against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained on April 16, 1942, when the truck on which he was employed as a helper was struck in the rear, while standing in a line of traffic on North King Street, Honolulu, Terri- tory of Hawaii, by a United States Army truck which had, in turn, been struck in the rear by a second United States Army truck: 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 24, 1946. April 24, 1946 [H. R. 4240] [Private Law 523] Frank E. Wilmot. [CHAPTER 229] AN ACT For the relief of Frank E. Wilmot. 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 rank E. Wilmot, Los Angeles, California, the sum of $340.30 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for reimbursement of the cost of a resurvey by Frank E. Wilmot of section 32, township 11 north, range 7 west, San Bernardino meridian, California, made necessary when original survey data and plats made under his direction proved inaccurate, without fault of his own, because they had been based on certain corner monuments reestablished erroneously through the negligence of an employee of the Glendale, California, office of the United States General Land Office of the Department of the Interior: 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 con- trary 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 24, 1946. 1170 [60 STAT.