62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 569-571-JUNE 19, 1948 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Elsie L. Rosenow, of Highland Park, Illinois, the sum of $6,383.62, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, medical and hospital expenses sustained as the result of a fall she suffered at the entrance to the Highland Park post office, Highland Park, Illinois, on December 12, 1944: 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 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, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of any 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 19, 1948. [CHAPTER 570] AN ACT For the relief of Annie L. Taylor and William Benjamin Taylor. Be it enacted by the Senate and HEuse 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 Mrs. Annie L. Taylor, of Seaford, Virginia, the sum of $8,295, and to Captain William Ben- jamin Taylor, of Seaford, Virginia, the sum of $315, for loss sustained when the fishing trawler Joyce was blown up and sunk as a result of contact with a mine or obstruction on August 22, 1945, near Ocean City, Maryland. The payment of such sum of $8,295 shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. Annie L. Taylor on account of the loss of the fishing trawler Joyce and equipment and cash on board when sunk. The payment of such sum of $315 shall be in settle- ment of all claims of said Captain William B. Taylor on account of personal property damage sustained by him in the loss of the fishing trawler Joyce: Provided, That no part of the amounts 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 these claims, 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 19, 1948. [CHAPTER 571] AN ACT For the relief of Elbert Spivey. 1381 June 19, 1948 [H. R . 1781] [Private Law 367] Mrs. Annie L. Tay- lor. Capt. William Ben- jamin Taylor. June 19, 1948 [H. R. 1855] [Private Law 368] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Elbert pivey. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Elbert Spivey, the sum of $4,000, in full settlement of his claim against the United States for personal injuries, medical and hospital expenses caused by an injury received by the said Elbert Spivey on or about June 20, 1942, resulting from an automobile accident on said date, the automobile in which he was riding being hit by a War
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