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62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 234, 240 , 2 4 5-Apr 27, 28, 1948 May 3, 1948 passed overhead at a very low altitude: 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 27, 1948. [CHAPTER 240] AN ACT For the relief of Eva L. Dudley, Grace M. Collins, and Guy B. Slater. 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 Eva L. Dudley, of Saint Petersburg, Florida, the sum of $2,000, to pay to Grace M. Collins, of Lima, Ohio, the sum of $2,000, and to pay to Guy B. Slater, of Ada, Ohio, the sum of $2,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for property damage, personal injuries, hospital, and medical expenses sustained as a result of an automobile accident, on November 26, 1943, caused by a United States Veterans' Administration fire truck near the main gate of the Bay Pines Veterans' Administration Hospital, on United States Highway Numbered 19, Bay Pines, Florida: 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 28, 1948. [CHAPTER 245] AN ACT For the relief of Fire District Numbered 1 of the town of Colchester, Vermont. 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 the Fire District Num- bered 1 of the town of Colchester, Vermont, the sum of $30,190.16, in full satisfaction of its claim against the United States for reimburse- ment of expenses incurred by it in repairing damage to a sewer line, such damage having resulted from improper construction by Army authorities, who installed the sewer line pursuant to an agreement between the fire district and the 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 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 May 3, 1948. 68706----51 -- -T. 11 ---- 4 1341 April 28, 1948 [H. R. 1799] [Private Law 262] Eva L. Dudley and others. May 3. 1948 [S. 12ial3 [Private Law 2t3] Fire District No. 1, Colchester, Vt.