[CHAPTER 321-2D SESSION] AN ACT For the relief of M. H. Harris. 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 to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to M. H. Harris, of 2215 Northwest First Place, Miami, Florida, the sum of $1,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the personal injuries sustained by him by the collision of a United States Navy station wagon with an automobile driven by John Andrew Godwin at the intersection of Northwest Seventy-eighth Street and Twenty-seventh Avenue, at Miami, Florida, on March 18, 1943: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Áct 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 28, 1944. A [CHAPTER 344-2D SESSION] AN ACT For the relief of Clarence P. Hale, Junior. 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 Clarence P. Hale, Junior, of Saint Louis, Missouri, the sum of $250, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for expenses incurred as the result of a trip undertaken by him, from Saint Louis, Missouri, to Vallejo, California, to accept employment as helper, aircraft mechanic general, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, upon authorization of a letter from the office of the manager, Fifth United States Civil Service District, Atlanta, Georgia. Upon his arrival at Vallejo, California, Mr. Hale was informed that a mistake had been made in the appointment offered him, and such employment was not open to him: 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 30, 1944. [CHAPTER 350-2D SESSION] AN ACT For the relief of the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company. 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 the Postal TelegraphCable Company, of New York, New York, the sum of $3,090.94, in full satisfaction of its claim against the United States for reimbursement of expenses incurred in rebuilding and restoring a thirty-wire crossing over the Delaware River between Raven Rock, New Jersey, and Lumberville, Pennsylvania, which was demolished and knocked into the Delaware River by a United States Navy aircraft, model SBD-4, number 10645, on April 3, 1943, while engaged in a routine scheduled flight over the Delaware River: 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 agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with such claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with such claim, 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 30, 1944. [CHAPTER 351-2D SESSION] [H. R. 3390] AN ACT For the relief of Mavis Norrine Cothron and the legal guardian of Norma Lee Cothron, Florence Janet Cothron, and Nina Faye Cothron. 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 empowered to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $2,000 to Mavis Norrine Cothron of Allenhurst, Florida; to pay the sum of $4,000 to the legal guardian of Norma Lee Cothron, Florence Janet Cothron, and Nina Faye Cothron, each child receiving equal share, in full settlement of all claims against the United States as compensation for the death of William Edward Cothron as a result of being struck by a United States Navy plane while on a fishing launch in Mosquito Lagoon, Brevard County, Florida, on May 21, 1943: Provided further, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act 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 30, 1944. [CHAPTER 353-2D SESSION] [H. R. 3977] AN ACT For the relief of Harry Schultz. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Harry Schultz, the sum of $1,560.89. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of damage to real and personal property owned by him caused by a United States Navy airplane on October 30, 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 June 30, 1944. |