Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 62 Part 2.djvu/122

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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 660-662 -JUNE 25,1948 [CHAPTER 660] June 25, 148 [H. R. 564] [Private Law 401] Sarah Lee Cregg. June 25, 1948 [H. R. 700] [Private Law 402] Anthony Arancio. June 25, 1948 [H. R. 912] [Private Law 403] Hiro Higaand Kana Higa. AN ACT For the relief of Sarah Lee Cregg. 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 Sarah Lee Cregg, of Pensacola, Florida, the sum of $3,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Sarah Lee Cregg against the United States on account of personal injuries received by her on November 2, 1943, at the Century Club, on West Cervantes Street, Pensacola, Florida, when a gun in the possession of a member of the Military Police was discharged by such member: 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 attor- ney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstand- ing. 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 25, 1948. [CHAPTER 661] AN ACT For the relief of Anthony Arancio. 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 Anthony Arancio, of New York, New York, the sum of $5,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Anthony Arancio against the United States arising out of personal injuries sustained by him on October 1, 1944, in New York New York, when, acting as a member of the New York City Police Department in line of duty he struggled with and subdued a colored military policeman of the United States Army who was terrorizing bystanders: 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 wit this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the con- trary 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 25, 1948. [CHAPTER 662] AN ACT For the relief of Hiro Higa and Kana Higa. 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 Hiro Higa and Kana Higa (husband and wife), 1935 Dillingham Boulevard, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, the sum of $1,458.65, in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of 1396 [62 STAT.