58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 317-319-JUNE 28, 1944
money hereby appropriated in excess of 10 per centum thereof for or
on account of services rendered in connection with said 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 28, 1944.
[CHAPTER 318]
AN ACT
For the relief of the legal guardian of Edward Polak, a minor.
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
the legal guardian of Edward Polak, a minor, the sum of $1,000, in
full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal
injuries and medical and hospital expenses resulting from the injuries
sustained by Edward Polak on October 7, 1941, when a United States
Post Office mail box maintained in Cliffside Park, New Jersey, fell
on 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 28, 1944.
[CHAPTER 3191
AN ACT
For the relief of Mrs. John Andrew Godwin.
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. John
Andrew Godwin, of 833 Northeast 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, John Andrew Godwin, who was
killed by the collision of a United States Navy station wagon with
an automobile driven by him 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 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 28, 1944.
1001
June 28, 1944
[H. B. 3301]
(Private Law 323]
Guardian of Edward
Polak.
June 28, 1944
[H. R . 3588]
[Private Law 324]
Mrs. John Andrew
Godwin.
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