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62 STAT.] SOTH CONG., 2 D SESS.-CHS. 260 -262 -MAY 4, 1948 Florida, the sum of $203; to pay to Marie F. Merwin, of Palatka, Florida. the sum of $466, in full settlement of all claims of said parties against the United States for property damages sustained by them as the result of the crash of two United States Army airplanes in Jack- sonville, Florida, on July 20, 1944: Provided, That no part of the amounts 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 these claims, 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 shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved May 4, 1948. [CHAPTER 261] AN ACT For the relief of Joseph W. Beyer. 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 Joseph W. Beyer, the sum of $5,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries incurred in an accident involving a Government lumber carrier which occurred on pier 1, Brooklyn Army Base Terminal, Brooklyn, New York, on August 25, 1944: 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 convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved May 4, 1948. [CHAPTER 262] AN ACT For the relief of Bessie B. Blacknall. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of tlhe 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 Bessie B. Blacknall, Henderson, North Carolina, the sum of $5,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Bessie B. Blacknall against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained by her as the result of the derailment on December 21, 1944, of a passenger train operated by the Alaska Railroad, Department of the Interior, on which she was traveling: 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 attor- ney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstand- ing. 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 4, 1948. 1345 May 4, 1948 [H. R . 2399] [Private Law 272] Joseph W. Beyer. Mly 4. l1S IHl. R. 31 l;] [Private Law 273] Bessie B. Blacknall.