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63 STAT.] 8] T CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 264 , 265 , 269-JUNE 28, 1949 [CHAPTER 264] AN ACT For the relief of Carmen Morales, Aida Morales, and Lydia Cortes. 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, the sum of $750 to Carmen Morales; to pay the sum of $1,500 to Aida Morales (Sanches); to pay the sum of $5,000 to Lydia Cortes, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, medical and hospital expenses sustained as a result of an accident involving a United States Army vehicle on Insular Highway Numbered 25, between Catano and Santurce, Puerto Rico, on June 11, 1944: Pro- vided, 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 June 28, 1949. 1125 ]Jme 28, 1949 [H. R. 33111 [Private Law 130] Carmen Morales and others. [CHAPTER 265] AN ACT For the relief of J. L . Hitt. 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 J. L . Hitt, Murfrees- boro, Tennessee, the sum of $3,500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said J. L. Hitt against the United States for personal injuries sustained by him in a collision between the automobile in which he was riding and a United States Army vehicle on August 7, 1944, on United States Highway Num- bered 41, about eight miles south of Murfreesboro, Tennessee: Pro- vided, 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 June 28, 1949. [CHAPTER 269] AN ACT For the relief of Phil H. Hubbard. 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 Phil H. Hubbard American Consulate, Birmingham, England, the sum of $939.25. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Phil H. Hubbard against the United States for reimbursement of the expenses incident to the transportation, during June 1945, of Jne 28, 1949 [H. R. 3992] [Private Law 1311 3. L. Hitt. June 28, 1949 IH. R. 7351 [Private Law 131) Phil H. Hubbard.