[CHAPTER 257-1ST SESSION] [S. 426] AN ACT For the relief of Major George E. Golding. 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 George E. Golding, major, United States Marine Corps, retired, who was relieved from active duty because of physical disability on August 2, 1941, and who was returned to active duty for the period from November 12, 1941, to April 1, 1942, for appearances before a board of medical survey and a Navy retiring board, the sum of $2,161.31, representing pay and allowances for such period of active duty: 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 October 5, 1943. [CHAPTER 262-1ST SESSION] [H. R. 305] AN ACT For the relief of Howard Morgan. 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 Howard Morgan, Pensacola, Florida, the sum of $250, in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained by his minor son, Tom Morgan, who was injured on May 26, 1942, when he was struck near his home by a wire fence pushed against him by a United States Navy ambulance which drove through the fence without warning: 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 October 18, 1943. [CHAPTER 263-1ST SESSION] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Robert C. Anderson. 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. Robert C. Anderson, Denham, Minnesota, the sum of $58.38, in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of necessary expenses incurred by her in connection with a journey from Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Memphis, Tennessee, and return, such journey having been undertaken as the result of the receipt of a telegram from the Department of the Navy stating that her husband, a fireman, second-class in the United States Navy and stationed at the United States Naval Training School at Memphis, was seriously ill, when upon her arrival in Memphis, the said Mrs. Robert C. Anderson learned that her husband was not ill and that the telegram had been sent to her by mistake: 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 October 18, 1943. [CHAPTER 274-1ST SESSION] [H. R. 1869] AN ACT Authorizing the President to present, in the name of Congress, a Distinguished Service Cross to George F. Thompson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is authorized to present, in the name of Congress, a Distinguished Service Cross to George F. Thompson, of the United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous bravery while serving as a private in the Marine Corps on the morning of July 18, 1918, at the forest of Retz. Approved October 23, 1943. (375) [CHAPTER 285-1ST SESSION] [S. 1346] AN ACT For the relief of the R. B. Walker Funeral Home. 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 the R. B. Walker Funeral Home, Greenfield, Ohio, the sum of $200 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for funeral services rendered in connection with the burial of the remains of Artie William Benson, apprentice seaman, United States Naval Reserve: 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 October 26, 1943. |