63 STAT.]
81sT CONG. , IST SESS.-CHS. 177-179-JUNE 7, 1949
Provided,That no part of any sum appropriated in this Act shall be
paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of
services rendered in connection with the claim satisfied by the payment
of such sum, 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 7, 1949.
[CHAPTER 178]
AN ACT
For the relief of Frank J. Patzke and others.
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 each of the following
persons the sum specified with respect to such person, in full settle-
ment of all claims of such person against the United States on account
of the death of the person or persons indicated who were killed in an
explosion of a Japanese bomb near Bly, Oregon, on May 5, 1945:
Frank J. Patzke, Grand Forks, North Dakota, and Bertha Myrtle
Patzke, of Bly, Oregon, the total sum of $6,000 for the death of their
minor son, Richard Joe Patzke, and their minor daughter, Ethel
Jean Patzke;
Archie Mitchell, Bly, Oregon, the sum of $5,000 for the death of his
wife, Mrs. Elsie Mitchell;
J. L . Shoemaker, Bly, Oregon, the sum of $3,000 for the death of
his minor son, Sherman Shoemaker;
Einar Engen, Bly, Oregon, the sum of $3,000 for the death of his
minor son, Edward Milian Engen; and
N. L . Gifford, Bly, Oregon, the sum of $3,000 for the death of his
minor son, Jay Gifford: Provided, That no part of any sum appro-
priated in this Act shall be paid or delivered to or received by any
agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with
the claim satisfied by the payment of such sum, 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 7, 1949.
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anne 7, 1949
[H. R . 1299]
[Private Law 92]
Frank . Patzke
and Bertha Myrtle
Patzke.
Archie Mitchell.
J. L. Shoemaker.
EinarEngen.
N. L. Gifford.
[CHAPTER 179]
AN ACT
For the relief of Hal W. Cline.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary
HalW. Cline-
of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Hal W. Cline, Atlanta
Georgia, the sum of $5,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full
settlement of all claims of the said Hal W. Cline against the United
States on account of personal injuries sustained by him on October 1,
1943, when he was knocked down by several soldiers while performing
his duties as passenger-train conductor of the Atlanta and West Point
Railroad Company: Provided, That no part of the amount appro-
priated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid
June 7, 194
IH. R. 171]
[Private Law 931
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