PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 653 -655 -DEC. 21,1944
Lt8 STAT.
to Doris J. (McNeil) Doelling, his wife, the sum of $1,000, in full
settlement of all claims against the United States for personal inju-
ries, and medical and hospital expenses incurred by them as the result
of an accident in which the automobile in which they were riding was
struck by a United States Army Air Corps Autocar truck at the
intersection of United States Highway Numbered 6 and Indiana
State Highway Numbered 49, about six miles north of Valparaiso,
Indiana, on June 27, 1941: 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 a sum
not exceeding $1,000.
Approved December 21, 1944.
[CHAPTER 654]
December 21,1944
[H. R. 3323]
[Private Law 5101
Mrs William M.
Watson and B. H.
Price.
AN ACT
For the relief of Mrs. William M. Watson and R. H . Price.
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. William M.
Watson, Ocoee, Tennessee, the sum of $5,000. The payment of such
sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. William
M. Watson against the United States on account of (1) the death of
her husband, William M. Watson, (2) personal injuries sustained by
her minor son, Frank Watson, and (3) to pay the sum of $440 to
R. H. Price, of Ocoee, Tennessee, in full settlement of all claims
against the United States for property damage sustained on November
20,1942, when a bridge, which had been allowed to remain in an unsafe
condition, in the Cherokee National Forest, Polk County, Tennessee,
collapsed under a truck in which they were riding: 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 December 21, 1944.
[CHAPTER 655]
AN ACT
For the relief of Harry V. Hearnm.
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 ay,
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to
Harry V. Hearn, of New York City, the sum of $2,500. The payment
of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the
United States for personal injuries, medical and hospital expenses
sustained as a result of being struck by a United States Army vehicle
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December 21,1944
[H. R . 3369]
[Private Law 511]
Harry V. Hearn.
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