59 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 460-462 -NOV. 10, 1945 [CHAPTER 460] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Minnie A. Beltz. 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. Minnie A. Beltz, Seattle, Washington, the sum of $5,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. Minnie A. Beltz against the United States on account of personal injuries sus- tained on August 18, 1944, when she was struck while crossing Aurora Avenue at the intersection of Halladay Street, Seattle, Washington, by a United States Navy station wagon: 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 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 November 10, 1945. [CHAPTER 461] AN ACT To provide for the reimbursement of certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for personal property lost or destroyed as the result of a fire which occurred on the naval station, Tutuila, American Samoa, on October 20, 1943. 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, such sum or sums, amounting in the aggregate not to exceed $4,000, as may be required by the Secretary of the Navy to reimburse, under such regulations as he may prescribe, certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for the value of personal property lost or destroyed as the result of a fire which occurred on the naval station, Tutuila, American Samoa, on October 20, 1943: 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 November 10, 1945. [CHAPTER 462] AN ACT To reimburse certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for personal property lost or damaged as the result of a fire at the United States naval convalescent hospital, Banning, California, on March 5, 1945. 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, such sum or sums, amounting in the aggregate not to exceed $1,672.25, as may be required by the Secretary of the Navy to reimburse, under 785 November 10, 1945 [S. 542] [Private Law 244] Mrs. Minnie A. Beltz. November 10, 1945 [S. 1076] [Private Law 2451 Navy personnel and former Navy person- nel. Reimbursement. November 10, 1945 [I. 1102] [Private Law 246] Navy personnel and former Navy person- nel. Reimbursement.
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