58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2 D SESS.-CHS. 346-348-JUNE 30, 1944 [CHAPTER 346] AN ACT For the relief of Edward E. Held and Mary Jane Held. 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 Edward E. Held and Mary Jane Held, both of Pasadena, California, the sum of $4,500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for property damage and personal injuries sustained on September 3, 1942, by the said Edward E. Held and Mary Jane Held, his wife, and expenses incident thereto, when the automobile in which they were riding on Florence Boulevard, in southeast Los Angeles, California, was struck by a United States Army truck: 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 ren- dered 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 30, 1944. [CHAPTER 347] AN ACT For the relief of Frank Baptiste. 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 is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- priated, to Frank Baptiste, of Hilo, Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii, the sum of $2,507, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the death of his wife Matilda D'Almeida Baptiste, when she was run down and killed on the public highway by a servant of the United States: 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 convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved June 30, 1944. [CHAPTER 348] AN ACT For the relief of Mary Ellen Frakes, widow of Joseph A. Frakes. 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, the sum of $3,500, to Mary Ellen Frakes, of Latonia, Kentucky, in full settlement of all claims against the United States as compensation for the death of her husband, Joseph A. Frakes, who died as a result 1007 June 30, 1944 [H. R. 2625] [Private Law 337] Edward E. Held and Mary Jane Held. June 30, 1944 [H. R . 2788] [Private Law 338] Frank Baptiste. June 30, 1944 [H. R . 3126] [Private Law 339] Mary Ellen Frakes.
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