PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 139-141 -MAY 29,1945 May 29, 1945 [H. R. 2441 [Private Law 69] Adell Brown and Alice Brown. [CHAPTER 139] AN ACT For the relief of Adell Brown and Alice Brown. 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, the sums of $500 to Adell Brown and $300 to Alice Brown, in full pay- ment for all damages for personal injuries sustained by them while passengers in a Chevrolet sedan automobile when struck by an Army vehicle on November 7,1943, on United States Highway Numbered 41 immediately south of the city of Dalton, Georgia: 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 May 29, 1945. [CHAPTER 1401 May 29,1945 [H. R. 780] [Private Law 70] Guardian of Vonnie Jones. AN ACT For the relief of the legal guardian of Vonnie Jones, a minor. 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 legal guardian of Vonnie Jones, of Hornbeck, Louisiana, a minor, the sum of $2,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of personal injuries received by the minor, Vonnie Jones, in an accident caused by a United States Army vehicle, near the town of Hornbeck in the Parish of Sabine, State of Louisiana, on February 5, 1943: 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 agents, attorney or attor- neys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claims. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appro- priated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, 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 May 29, 1945. [CHAPTER 141] May 29,1945 [H. R. 856] [Private Law 71] AN ACT For the relief of Frances Biewer. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Frances Biewer. 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 Frances Biewer, of Chicago, Illinois, the sum of $206, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by her and expenses incident thereto, as a result of her [59 STAT.
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