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PRIVATE LAW 119—JUNE 29, 1951

Private Law 119

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Be it enacted by the Senate arui 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 Elizabeth Sabow, Takoma Park, Maryland, the sum of $20,000. Payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Elizabeth Sabow against the United States on account of severe personal injuries, resulting in permanent partial disability, sustained by her while she was in the service of the American National Red Cross, in a collision between the vehicle in which she was a passenger and an ambulance convoy of the United States Army on August 1, 1947, on the autobahn between Stuttgart and Heidelberg, in the vicinity of Karlsruhe, Germany: 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 June 29, 1951.

Private Law 120 June 29, 1951 [H.R.1789]

Sgt. Benjamin Martin.

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For the relief of Sergeant Benjamin H. Martin. 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 Benjamin H. Martin, sergeant, Army of the United States, the sum of $10,500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Benjamin H. Martin against the United States on account of the death of his wife, Shirley Gray Martin, and his infant son, Benjamin H. Martin, Junior, on January 27, 1948, while passengers in an Army plane which crashed into White Horse Mountain twelve miles east of Digne, France: 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 June 29, 1951.

Private Law 121 June 29, 1951 [H. R. 1840]

181

AN ACT For the relief of Elizabeth Sabow.

June 29, 1951 [H. R. 1676]

Elizabeth Sabow.

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AN ACT

For the relief of Bernard Spielmann. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the pur-