58 STAT.]
78TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 746-748--DEC. 23, 1944
sum of $5,000, to Ira Cannon of Greenville, South Carolina, in full
settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries,
medical and hospital expenses sustained as a result of being hit by a
bullet fired by a soldier on guard at the Greenville, South Carolina,
Army air base, on June 12, 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 December 23, 1944.
[CHAPTER 747]
AN ACT
For the relief of William Weber.
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 Wil-
liam Weber, Brooklyn, New York, the sum of $1,500, in full settlement
of all claims against the United States for injuries sustained by the
said William Weber, resulting from his being struck by gunshots
fired by a United States Navy shore patrolman on May 12, 1943, at the
intersection of West Fifty-first Street and Eighth Avenue, New York
City, New York: 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 December 23, 1944.
[CHAPTER 748]
AN ACT
For the relief of Robert Rowe and Mary Rowe.
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 Robert Rowe and
Mary Rowe, Norfolk, Virginia, the sum of $2,700. The payment
of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Robert
Rowe and Mary Rowe against the United States on account of the
destruction of their house, at 620 Hughart Street, Norfolk, Virginia,
on August 15,1943, by a United States Navy airplane: 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 December 23, 1944.
1099
December 23, 1944
[H. R. 4200]
[Private Law 563]
William Weber.
December 23, 1944
[II. R. 4212
[Private Law 564]
Robert Rowe and
Mary Rowe.
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