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62 STAT.] 80rH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 432 , 440, 441-JUNE 9, 10 , 1948 [CHAPTER 432] AN ACT For the relief of Thomas A. W. Elder. 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 Thomas A. W. Elder, of Stewart Manor, New York, formerly a civilian employee of the War Department, the sum of $6,500, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for compensation for personal injuries, loss of earnings, and substantial impairment of his earning power, resulting from negligence and improper professional treatment and care by an Army doctor during the time he was hospitalized for certain injuries at the Three Hundred and Fifty-Ninth Station Hospital of the United States Army, at Trinidad, British West Indies, during the period from May 1944 to December 1944, inclusive: 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 9, 1948. June 9, 1948 [H. R. 3805] [Private Law 343] Thomas A. W. Elder. [CHAPTER 440] AN ACT For the relief of Ern Wright. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstand- ing the provisions of section 420 of the Federal Tort Claims Act, and subject to the provisions of section 422 of such Act and the applicable provisions of part 3 of such Act, the United States District Court for the District of Utah shall have the same jurisdiction, with respect to the claim of Ernest (Em) Wright, of Salt Lake City, Utah, resulting from a collision between an automobile driven by Mr. Wright with another automobile driven by one Glen R. Woodward, in Salt Lake City, Utah, on November 10, 1943, that such court would have under the provisions of the Federal Tort Claims Act if such collision had occurred subsequent to January 1, 1945, and action on such claim had been timely brought: Provided,That such claim shall be forever barred unless action shall be brought thereon within six months after the date of approval of this Act: Provided further, That no private bill or resolution, and no amendment to any bill or resolution, authorizing or directing the payment of money in settlement of, or otherwise rec- ognizing, such claim except in accordance with a valid judgment rendered by such court, shall hereafter be received or considered in either the Senate or the House of Representatives. Approved June 10, 1948. [CHAPTER 441] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Irma M. Pierce and Charles Z. Pierce. June 10, 1948 [S. 825] [Private Law 344] Ernest (Ern) Wright. 60 Stat. 845 , 846, 843; 62 Stat., Pt. 1, p. 1008. 28U.S.C.§§942, 944, 931-934; Supp. I, §931. 60 Stat. 842; 62 Stat., Pt.1, p. 1008. 28U. . c.. 921, 922, 931-934, 941-946; Supp. 1, 1 931. Time limitation. June 10, 1948 [S. 1055] [Private Law 345] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Amrica in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Mrs Irma M. 1371