Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 59 Part 2.djvu/35

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PRIVATE LAWS--CHS. 66 -68 -APR . 17, 1945 April 17, 1945 [H.R. 807] [Private Law 34] Mrs. Wilma Louise Townsend. [CHAPTER 66] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Wilma Louise Townsend. 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. Wilma Louise Townsend, Gilmer, Texas, the sum of $300. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained by the said Wilma Louise Townsend and minor child, when the automobile in which they were riding was struck on March 6, 1943, in Jasper, Texas, by a United States Army truck: 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 17, 1945. [CHAPTER 67] April 17, 1945 [H.R. 933] [Private Law 35] Margaret 0. Potts. April 17,1945 [H. R. 945] [Private Law 36] Fred Clouse and Mrs. Emily G. Clouse. AN ACT For the relief of Margaret G. Potts. 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 Margaret G. Potts, of 503 South Holmes Street, Scotia 2 New York, the sum of $46.08, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for reimbursement of the cost of travel from Schenectady, New York, to Sweetwater, Texas, while under official orders to report for Women's Airforce Service Pilot training, which training was terminated while the claim- ant was en route to Sweetwater, Texas, as a result of administrative action based on recommendations by Members of the House of Rep- resentatives: 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 ren- dered 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 17, 1945. [CHAPTER 68] AN ACT For the relief of Fred Clouse and Mrs. Emily G. Clouse. 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 Fred Clouse and Mrs. Emily G. Clouse, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the sum of $5,690. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the death of their son, Charles Clouse, and for [59 STAT.