1103
58STAT.]
78TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 756-758-DEC. 23, 1944
in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal
injuries, medical and hospital expenses, and property damage sustained
as the result of the car which John McLaughlin, Junior, was driving
being struck by a United States Army truck in Paterson, New Jersey,
on November 17, 1942: 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, 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 December 23, 1944.
[CHAPTER 7571
AN ACT
For the relief of William H. Crompton.
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 William H.
Crompton, of 1427 Southwest Third Street, Miami, Florida, the sum
of $4,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States
for injuries received when he was struck by a stray bullet fired from
a Navy plane near Hollywood, Florida, on February 7, 1943: Pro-
vided, 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 758]
AN ACT
For the relief of M. Grace Murphy, administratrix of the estate of John II.
Murphy.
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,
to M. Grace Murphy, Boston, Massachusetts, administratrix of the
estate of John H. Murphy, deceased, out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $4,964.75, in full settlement
of all claims against the United States for expenses incurred by the
said John H. Murphy, deceased, in connection with the sale to the
Government of Poland of certain surplus war materials: 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 con-
trary 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.
December 23, 1944
[H. R . 4481]
[Private Law 573]
William H. Cromp-
ton.
December 23. 1944
[11 .. 4562]
[Private Law 574]
John H. Murphy,
estate.
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