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63 STAT.] 81ST CONG., leT SESS.-CHS. 320-322-JULY 13, 1949 [CHAPTER 320] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Rebecca Levy. 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 Mrs. Rebecca Levy, of Seattle, Washington, the sum of $6,500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. Rebecca Levy against the United States arising out of the death of her husband, Isaac Levy, which resulted from his being struck by a United States Army vehicle in Seattle, Washington, on September 26, 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 conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved July 13, 1949. [CHAPTER 321] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of the late Manuel Graulau V6lea. 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 $5,000 to the administrator of the estate of the late Manuel Graulau Velez, who was fatally injured on February 19,1943, when struck in Carolina, Puerto Rico, by a United States truck. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of such accident: 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 July 13, 1949. 1135 July 13, 1949 [H. R. 3077] [Private Law 154] Mrs. Rebecca Levy. July 13, 1949 (H. R . 3313] [Private Law 1655 Manuel Oraulau V1lez, estate. [CHAPTER 322] AN ACT For the relief of Ignacio Colon Cru. 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 $3,000 to Ignacio Col6n Cruz, who was injured on October 17,1941, by a United States Army truck in Road Numbered 4, kilometer 0, Guayama, Puerto Rico. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of such accident: 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 July 1, 1949 [H. . 320] [Private Law 156 Ignacio Co6n Cruz.