Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 57 Part 2.djvu/24

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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 57-59-APR . 12, 1943 [CHAPTER 57] April 12, 1943 [H. R. 227] [Private Law 21] Tours Apartment Hotel. April 12, 1943 [H. R. 1128] [Private Law 22] Bernice James. [57 STAT. AN ACT For the relief of the Tours Apartment Hotel. 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 the Tours Apartment Hotel, of Des Moines Iowa, the sum of $699.25. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for losses sustained on account of the erroneous issuance of United States Savings bonds of series C-1938 and D-1939: 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 April 12, 1943. [CHAPTER 58] AN ACT For the relief of Bernice James. 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 Bernice James, of Birdsong, Arkansas, the sum of $2,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damages arising out of the death of her husband, Golie James, from injuries sustained when the car in which he was riding, driven by an employee of the United States Secret Service, collided with a truck on May 25, 1933, near Marion, Arkansas: 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 April 12, 1943. [CHAPTER 59] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Ola Fowler. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the tate. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the estate of Ola Fowler, late of Fairfield, Illinois, the sum of $5,000 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the death of Ola Fowler, as the result of an accident on July 29, 1941, at Arkadelphia, Arkansas, resulting from a collision between the auto- mobile in which she was riding and an automobile belonging to the Civil Aeronautics Administration: Provided, That no part of the 656 3 23] April 12, 194 [H. R . 1131] [Private Law Ola Fowler, es