1083
63 STAT.]
81ST CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 64 -67-APR . 18, 1949
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 to exceed $1,000.
Approved April 18, 1949.
[CHAPTER 65]
AN ACT
For the relief of James Leon Keaton.
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 James Leon Keaton,
Angie, Louisiana, the sum of $500. The payment of such sum shall
be in full settlement of all claims of the said James Leon Keaton
against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained
on August 29, 1942, at Biloxi, Mississippi, in an accident involving a
United States Army service 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 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 April 18, 1949.
April 18, 1949
[H. R . 10661
[Private Law 22]
James Leon Keaton.
AN ACT
For the relief of Nellie M. Clark.
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 $2,000, to Nellie M. Clark, of Lyndhurst, New Jersey, in full
settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries,
medical and hospital expenses, and loss of earnings sustained as the
result of an accident involving a United States Army vehicle at the
intersection of Central and Passaic Avenues, East Newark, New Jersey,
on July 17, 1943: 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 April 18, 1949.
[CHAPTER 671
AN ACT
For the relief of James A. Stapleton, Ruth Burk, and Mildred Ovren, copartners
doing business under the name and style of Stapleton Lumber and Piling
Company.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That James A.
April 18, 1949
[H. R . 10941
[Private Law 23]
Nellie M. Clark.
April 18, 1949
[H. R . 1113]
[Private Law 24]
James A. Stapleton,
Ruth Burk, and Mil-
dred Ovre.
[CHAPTER 66]
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