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1120 [CHAPTER 224] June 17, 1949 [H. R . 2249] [Private Law 117] Al W. Hosinski. 60 Stat. 842 . 28 U. S. C., Supp. II, II 2871-2680. Ante, pp . 62, 106, 107, 44. 39 Stat. 742. 5 U. 8 .. §§ 751-793. Ante, p. 854. AN ACT For the relief of Al W. Hosinski. 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 $4,493.98, to Al W. Hosinski, of South Bend, Indiana, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained while transferring a prisoner from Lake County Jail, Crown Point, Indiana, to the National Training School for Boys, Washing- ton, District of Columbia. Such injuries were sustained when his automobile skidded and wrecked between Upper Sandusky and Bucyrus, Ohio, on October 28, 1947. Claimant has no remedy under the Federal Tort Claims Act or the Employees' Compensation Act: 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 urdawful, 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 17, 1949. [CIAPTER 249] AN ACT For the relief of Groover O'Connell. 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 Groover O'Connell, Whittier, California, the sum of $5,455.17. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Groover O'Connell against the United States on account of prop- erty damage sustained by him, on September 3, 1943, when a United States Navy airplane crashed on his stock farm on Pioneer Boulevard, Norwalk, California: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- priated 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 June 25, 1949. PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 223, 224, 249-JUNE 17, 25, 1949 [63 STAT. help to place belongings in lockers or in cribs provided for this pur- pose: 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 June 17, 1949. June 25, 1949 [H. R. 717] (Private Law 118] Oroover O'Connell.