991 61 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 1 ST SESS.-CHS. 253 , 254 ,259-JULY 15, 16, 1947 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 July 15, 1947. [CHAPTER 254] AN ACT For the relief of Hugh C. Gilliam. 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 Hugh C. Gilliam, of Highland Park, New Jersey, the sum of $500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of any and all claims against the United States arising out of personal injuries received by the said Hugh C. Gilliam in a collision between the automobile he was driving and a United States Army truck which occurred on October 12, 1944, near Stelton, New Jersey, at the intersection of Route 27 and Plainfield Avenue: 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 July 15, 1947. [CHAPTER 259] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Mabel Jones and Mrs. Mildred Wells Martin. Be it enacted by the Senate andnIoH.Se of Repr'.,sentatives of the United States of America in Congrcss as.semndlcd, 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 Mrs. Mildred Wells Martin, 1512 Lakeview Street, Camden, South Caro- lina, the sum of $4,000; to pay the sum of $2,500 to Mrs. Mabel Jones, of Camden. South Carolina, in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of medical and hospital expenses incurred and loss of earnings and personal injuries sustained by them on April 23, 1944, when the automobile in which they were riding as passengers was involved in a collision with a United States Army vehicle on United States Highway Numbered 521, near Camden, South Caro- lina: 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 con- tract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the pro- visions 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 July 16, 1947. July 15, 1947 [H. R. 1956] [Private Law 63] Hugh C. Gilliam. July 16, 1947 [S. 116] [Private Law 641 Mrs. Mildred Wells Martin. Mrs. Mabel Jones.
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