Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 63 Part 1.djvu/1142

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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 162-164JUNE 1, 1949 [63 STAT. said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved June 1, 1949. [CHAPTER 163] June 1, 1949 [H. R. 1300] [Private Law 81] Mrs. Hope Irene Buley (formerly Hope Irene Dotseth). June 1, 1949 [H. R. 22611 [Private Law 821 Eva C. Netzley Ridley and others. AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Hope Irene Buley. 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 Mrs. Hope Irene Buley (formerly Hope Irene Dotseth), Bozeman, Montana, the sum of $7,912.50. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. Hope Irene Buley against the United States on account of personal injuries, loss of wages, and medical, hospital, and other expenses sustained by her as a result of being wounded, on December 25, 1942, in the Oasis Night Club, Black Eagle, Montana, by a bullet discharged from the gun of a member of the Military Police who was acting within the scope of his authority with respect to a disturbance in such night club: 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 1, 1949. [CHAPTER 164] AN ACT For the relief of Eva C. Netzley Ridley, William G. Stuff, Lois Stuff, and Harry E. Ridley; and the estates of Clyde C. Netzley and Sarah C. Stuff. 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 Eva C. Netzley Ridley, of Naperville, Illinois, the sum of $1,000; to the administrator of the estate of Clyde C. Netzley, deceased, late of Naperville, Illinois, the sum of $5,000; to William G. Stuff, of Mercers- burg, Pennsylvania, the sum of $1,000; to William G. Stuff, as admin- istrator of the estate of Sarah C. Stuff, deceased, late of Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, the sum of $2,000; to Lois Stuff, nee Greenawalt, of Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, the sum of $3,500; and to Harry E. Ridley, of Naperville, Illinois, the sum of $168.85; in all, $12,668.85, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, death, and property damage sustained in a collision with a National Park Service truck, operated in connection with the Civilian Conser- vation Corps, on August 24, 1935, at the intersection of Thirty-first Street with Illinois State Highway Numbered 54, near Hinsdale, Du Page County, Illinois: 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, 1106