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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 665-67--JUNE 25,1948 [CHAPTER 665] June 25, 1948 [H. R . 2193] [Private Law 406] Robert E. Graham. June 25, 1948 [H. R . 2431] [Private Law 407] David Jefferson Ja- now, estate. June 25, 1948 [H. R. 2734] [Private Law 408] Joseph M. Henry. [62 STAT. AN ACT For the relief of Robert E. Graham. 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, the sum of $3,500 to Mr. Robert E. Graham, of Collins, Mississippi, in full set- tlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, medical and hospital expenses, and loss of earnings sustained as a result of a collision between the automobile in which he was riding and a United States Army vehicle on United States Highway 49 in Collins, Mississippi, on November 14, 1943: 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 notwith- standing. 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 June 25, 1948. [CHAPTER 666] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of David Jefferson Janow, 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 be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the estate of David Jefferson Janow, deceased, late of Woodward, Okla- homa, the sum of $7,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of the death of the said David Jefferson Janow as the result of being struck by a United States Army airplane on January 25, 1944, at the Enid Army Air Field, Enid, Oklahoma: 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 agents, attorney or attorneys, 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 June 25, 1948. [CHAPTER 667] AN ACT For the relief of Joseph M. Henry. 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 directed to pay out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $546, in full payment of the claim of Joseph M. Henry for money belonging to him and paid by him to thepatients' fund Army Air Forces station hospital, McCook Army Air Field, McCook, Nebraska: Provided,That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be