946
[CHAPTER 40]
February 22, 1944
[H. R . 1934]
[Private Law 190]
Mrs. Donald B.
Johnston.
February 22, 1944
[H. R. 2639]
[Private Law 191]
William M. Tucker
and NeldaM. Tucker.
AN ACT
For the relief of Mrs. Donald B. Johnston.
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 Mrs. Donald
B. Johnston, of 300 Southeast First Avenue, Miami, Florida, the sum
of $5,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States
for the death of her husband, Donald B. Johnston, who was killed
by the collision of a United States Army plane with an Eastern Air
Lines plane piloted by him at the Thirty-sixth Street Airport, at
Miami, Florida, on September 22, 1942: 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 notwith-
standing. 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 February 22, 1944.
[CHAPTER 41]
AN ACT
For the relief of William M. Tucker and Nelda M. Tucker.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of Amnerica in Congress assembled, That the Secretary
of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay,
out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the
sum of $3,000, to William M. Tucker and Nelda M. Tucker, for prop-
erty damage incurred by them, and the sum of $500 to Nelda M.
Tucker, for the death of her mother, Mrs. Mary K. Engler, as result
of explosion of a gas pipe which led into their home, caused by work
on a Work Projects Administration project, located in the vicinity
of their home on March 31, 1942: 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 notwith-
standing. 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 February 22, 1944.
PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 39-41- -FEB . 22 , 1944
[58 STAT.
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 said claim. It shall be unlawful
for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, with-
hold, 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 said claim, any contract to the contrary notwith-
standing. And 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 February 22, 1944.
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