Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 60 Part 2.djvu/191

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60 STAT.] 7T9H CONG., 2D SESS. -CHS. 660-662-JULY 25, 1946 [CHAPTER 660] AN ACT For the relief of Charles Booker. 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 sum of $1,000 to Charles Booker, of Victoria, Texas, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States for personal injuries and loss of earnings as the result of an accident involving a United States Army Air Forces truck near Cuero, Texas, on or about August 4, 1945: 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 July 25, 1946. [CHAPTER 661] AN ACT For the relief of Joseph Ippolito. 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 sum of $3,399 to Joseph Ippolito, 277 Troutman Street, Brooklyn, New York, in full settlement of all claims against the United States Government for injuries sustained and expenses incident thereto when the taxi in which he was riding was struck by a United States Army vehicle at the intersection of DeKalb and Bedford Avenues, Brooklyn, on February 20, 1942: 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 July 25, 1946. [CHAPTER 6621 AN ACT For the relief of Mae Maxine Stone. 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 Mae Maxine Stone, the sum of $1,870 in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of loss in wages arising from collision of claimant's automobile with an Army truck in Camp Claiborne, Rapides Parish, State of Louisiana, on January 6, 1945: 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 July 25, 1946 [H. R. 5538] [Private Law 774] Mae Maxine Stone. July 25, 1946 [H. R. 5361] [Private Law 772] Charles Booker. July 25, 1946 [H. B . 5352] [Private Law 773M loseph Ippolito. 1273