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1207 63 STAT.] 81ST CONG., IST SESS.-CHS. 716-718-OCT. 25, 1949 expenses sustained by her as a result of slipping and falling on August 14 1942, on the steps of the William Penn Annex, United States post office, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 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 October 25, 1949. [CHAPTER 717] AN ACT For the relief of Dora M. Barton. 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 hereby is, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $11,861.66, to Dora M. Barton, of Saunderstown, in the town of North Kingstown, Rhode Island, in full satisfaction for all claims against the United States for compensation for damages sustained as the result of an accident which occurred when her home was struck by a plane operating out of the United States naval air station, Quon- set Point, Rhode Island, on August 21,1944: 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 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 October 25, 1949. [CHAPTER 718]N ACT AN ACT To provide for the issuance of a license to practice chiropractic in the District of Columbia to Abraham J. Ehrlich. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congressassembled, That, notwithstand- ing any limitation relating to the time within which an application for a license must be filed, and notwithstanding any requirement that the applicant shall have been actually engaged in the practice of chiropractic in the District of Columbia on January 1, 1928, the Commission on Licensure to Practice the Healing Art in the District of Columbia is authorized and directed to issue a license to practice chiropractic in the District of Columbia to Abraham J. Ehrlich in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to regulate the practice of the healing art to protect the public health in the District of Columbia", approved February 27, 1929, and on condition that the said Abraham J. Ehrlich shall be found by said Commission to have been actually engaged in the practice of chiro- practic in the District of Columbia on October 1, 1927, and to be otherwise qualified to practice under the provisions of said Act. Approved October 25, 1949. October 25, 1949 [H. R. 4414] [Private Law 340] Dora M. Barton. October 25, 1949 Il. R . 47891 Private Law 341] Abraham J. Ehr- llch. 45 Stat. 1326. D. C. Code§§2-101- 2-140; Supp. VII , 2-104 d wq.