PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 258-260 -JULY 2,1945 [CHAPTER 258] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Jane Strang. July 2,1945 [H. R. 2730] [Private Law 137] Mrs. Jane Strang. [CHAPTER 259] AN ACT For the relief of Nelson R. Park. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Nelson R. Park, American Foreign Service officer, formerly assigned as consul at Barranquilla, Colombia, is hereby relieved from accounting for 2,023 pesos, the equivalent of $1,191.77, which were stolen from the safe in the consulate at Barranquilla during the night of June 3, 1942. Approved July 2, 1945. [CHAPTER 260] July 2, 194 [H. R. 3074] [Private Law 1391 Henry B. Tucker, baheirs. 39 Stat. 746. U. s.C .7. -§ §7 770. AN ACT For the relief of the heirs of Henry B. Tucker, deceased. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congressassembled, That the limitations in time in sections 15 to 20, both inclusive, of the Act entitled "An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes", approved September 7, 1916, as amended, are hereby waived in favor of the heirs of Henry B. Tucker, deceased, of Vicks- burg, Mississippi, and the Employees' Compensation Commission is hereby authorized and directed to receive and consider under the remaining provisions of said Act their claim on account of injury and disability alleged to have been incurred on or about April 8, 1940, while said Henry B. Tucker was performing his duties as an employee of the United States Engineer Office, Vicksburg, Mississippi: Pro- vided, That claim hereunder shall be filed within six months from the approval of this Act: Provided further, That no benefits shall accrue prior to the approval of this Act. Approved July 2, 1945. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mrs. Jane Strang, Atlantic City, New Jersey, the sum of $300. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of personal injuries and medical expenses sustained on April 19, 1942, when the automobile in which she was riding was struck by a United States Army truck at Fort Dix, New Jersey: 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 July 2, 1945. July 2, 1945 [H. R . 2925] [Private Law 138] Nelson R. Park. [59 STAT.
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