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63 STAT.] 81sT CONG. , IST SESS.-CHS. 177-179-JUNE 7, 1949 Provided,That no part of any sum appropriated in this Act shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with the claim satisfied by the payment of such sum, 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 7, 1949. [CHAPTER 178] AN ACT For the relief of Frank J. Patzke and others. 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 each of the following persons the sum specified with respect to such person, in full settle- ment of all claims of such person against the United States on account of the death of the person or persons indicated who were killed in an explosion of a Japanese bomb near Bly, Oregon, on May 5, 1945: Frank J. Patzke, Grand Forks, North Dakota, and Bertha Myrtle Patzke, of Bly, Oregon, the total sum of $6,000 for the death of their minor son, Richard Joe Patzke, and their minor daughter, Ethel Jean Patzke; Archie Mitchell, Bly, Oregon, the sum of $5,000 for the death of his wife, Mrs. Elsie Mitchell; J. L . Shoemaker, Bly, Oregon, the sum of $3,000 for the death of his minor son, Sherman Shoemaker; Einar Engen, Bly, Oregon, the sum of $3,000 for the death of his minor son, Edward Milian Engen; and N. L . Gifford, Bly, Oregon, the sum of $3,000 for the death of his minor son, Jay Gifford: Provided, That no part of any sum appro- priated in this Act shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with the claim satisfied by the payment of such sum, 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 7, 1949. 1111 anne 7, 1949 [H. R . 1299] [Private Law 92] Frank . Patzke and Bertha Myrtle Patzke. Archie Mitchell. J. L. Shoemaker. EinarEngen. N. L. Gifford. [CHAPTER 179] AN ACT For the relief of Hal W. Cline. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary HalW. Cline- of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Hal W. Cline, Atlanta Georgia, the sum of $5,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Hal W. Cline against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained by him on October 1, 1943, when he was knocked down by several soldiers while performing his duties as passenger-train conductor of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad Company: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- priated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid June 7, 194 IH. R. 171] [Private Law 931