59 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CHS. 286-288-JULY 6, 1945 [CHAPTER 286] AN ACT For the relief of Betty Jane Ritter. 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 Betty Jane Ritter, 3347 Wilder Street, Skokie, Illinois, the sum of $60.85, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States for reimbursement of the cost of travel from Skokie, Illinois, to Sweetwater, Texas, and expenses incident thereto, while under official orders to report for Women's Airforce Service Pilot training, which training was termi- nated while the claimant was en route to Sweetwater, Texas, as a result of administrative action: 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 notwith- standing. 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 July 6, 1945. [CHAPTER 287] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Beatrice Brown Waggoner. 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. Beatrice Brown Waggoner, Ojai, California, the sum of $3,882.30. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. Beatrice Brown Waggoner against the United States on account of personal injuries, medical and hospital expenses sustained on Decem- ber 9, 1941, when a United States Army truck skidded into the auto- mobile in which she was a passenger on Maricopa Highway, near Ojai, Ventura County, California: 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 per- son 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 July 6, 1945. [CHAPTER 288] AN ACT To provide reimbursement for personal property lost, damaged, or destroyed as the result of an explosion at the Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, on September 17, 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 $23,000, as may be required by the Secretary of the Navy to satisfy claims of naval and July 6, 1945 [H. R. 852] [Private Law 144] Betty Jane Ritter. July 6, 194 [H. R . 1007] [Private Law 145] Mrs. Beatrice Brown Waggoner. July 6, 1945 [H. R . 1300] [Private Law 146] Naval and vilian rsonnel of Naval Establishment. Re/mbame___t .
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