58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 79, 80 , 85 --MAR. 3, 7 , 1944 957 [CHAPTER 79] AN ACT March 3, 1944 For the relief of Peter A. Gawalis. [H. R . 1594] [Private Law 218] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Peter A. Gawalis. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Peter A. Gawalis the sum of $5,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries and property damage as a result of a collision between the automobile in which he was riding and an Army truck on Highway Numbered 25, in Linden, New Jersey, on February 4, 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 March 3, 1944. [CHAPTER 80] AN ACT March 3, 1944 For the relief of Fred Hunter. [H. R. 1637] [Private Law 219] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Fred Hunter. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Fred Hunter, rural route numbered 4, Greencastle, Indiana, the sum of $3,000 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by him when the team and the wagon he was driving was struck, on May 18, 1940, on the United States Highway Numbered 40, about six miles west of the town of Mount Meridian, Indiana, by a truck owned and operated by an employee of the Civil Aeronautics Administration: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centuml 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 March 3, 1944. [CHAPTER 85] AN ACT March 7, 1944 For the relief of the estate of Frederick Lee Littlefield. [H. R. 1835] [Private Law 220] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary iFrderick Lit- of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, tldte out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the estate of Frederick Lee Littlefield, the sum of $5,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by Frederick Lee Littlefield, of Hyannis, Massa- chusetts, on May 5, 1941, when the automobile in which he was riding
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