62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 489, 490, 498-JUNE 16, 17, 1948 of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Lorraine Burns; Mullen, of West Haven, Connecticut, the sum of $4,000, in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States for (1) compensation for personal injuries and loss of earnings sustained by her and reimbursement for medical expenses incurred by her as the result of an accident which occurred on October 20, 1944, when a United States Coast Guard vehicle in which she was riding and which was operated by Edward Kiselewski, then a member of the United States Coast Guard, collided with a trolley car in West Haven, Connecticut; the said Lorraine Burns Mullen having obtained a judgment for $7,000 against the said Edward Kiselewski in the Superior Court at New Haven, Connecticut, on account of such injuries; and (2) the costs and expenses incidental to the obtaining of such judgment: Provided, That the said Lorraine Burns Mullen furnish to the Secretary of the Treasury satisfactory evidence of the relief of the said Edward Kiselewski from liability for the payment of such judgment: And provided further, 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 June 16, 1948. [CHAPTER 490] AN ACT For the relief of Harriet Townsend Bottomley. 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 $6,500 to Harriet Townsend Bottomley, in full and final settle- ment of all claims against the United States for damages to her home grounds and property at Old Brookville (Glen Head Post Office) Nassau County, New York, growing out of the crash of a Naval airplane on May 28, 1944: 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 June 16, 1948. [CHAPTER 498] AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act for the confirmation of the title to the Saline Lands in Jackson County State of Illinois, to D. H . Brush, and others", approved March 2, 1861 (12 Stat. 891), as amended by the Act of November 29, 1944 (58 Stat. 1036). Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled That the Act entitled "An Act for the confirmation of the title to the Saline Lands in Jack- son County, State of Illinois, to D. H. Brush, and others", approved June 16, 198 [H. R. 2389] [Private Law 355] Harriet Townsend Bottomley. June 17, 1948 [S. 15041 [Private Law 356] Stephen Holliday. Confirmation of title to ertain lands. 1375
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