Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 60 Part 2.djvu/182

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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 635-637-JULY 25, 1946 [CHAPTER 635] July 25, 1946 [H. R . 4492] [Private Law 749] Charles Marvin Smith. July 25, 1946 [H. R . 4577] [Private Law 75*,] AN ACT For the relief of Charles Marvin Smith. 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 Charles Marvin Smith, Greenwood, South Carolina, the sum of $2,500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Charles Marvin Smith against the United States for personal injuries sustained on December 15, 1941, while engaged in filling an excavation for a tunnel at the United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia. The said Charles Marvin Smith is permanently disabled as the result of such accident: Provided, That upon the death of Charles Marvin Smith the unpaid sum, if any, shall be paid to his estate: Provided fwrther, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 5 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 July 25, 1946. [CHAPTER 636] AN ACT For the relief of Dolores Joyce. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Dolores Joyce. 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 Dolores Joyce, Peeks- kill, New York, the sum of $1,350. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Dolores Joyce against the United States on account of personal injuries and loss of earnings sus- tained by her while riding as a passenger in an Army carry-all truck, on United States Route 6, proceeding toward Peekskill, New York, caused by a sideswiping and collision with another vehicle, a privately owned car: 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 con- tract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the pro- visions 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 25, 1946. July 25, 1946 [H. R . 4834] [Private Law 751] Katherine Delores Booth and Agnes Jane True, estates. [CHAPTER 637] AN ACT For relief of the estate of Katherine Delores Booth and Agnes Jane True. 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 estate of Katherine Delores Booth, the sum of $3,000 and to pay the estate of Agnes Jane True the sum of $3,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the deaths of the said Katherine 1264 [60 STAT.