58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2D SESS. -- HS. 47-49--FEB. 22, 1944 [CHAPTER 47] AN ACT For the relief of J. C. Davidson and Vassie Lee Davidson. 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, to J. C . Davidson and his wife, Vassie Lee Davidson, of Ozark, Alabama, the sum of $3,766.60, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the death of their daughter, Verlie Lee David- son, a minor, who, upon alighting from a school bus, was fatally injured when struck by a United States Army truck on the Enter- prise-Dothan Highway, about one and one-half miles from the Provi- dence Church, Clayhatchee, Dale County, Alabama, on May 13, 1943: 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 shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved February 22, 1944. 949 February 22, 1944 [H. R . 3193] [Private Law 197] J. C. Davidson and Vassie Lee Davidson. [CHAPTER 48] AN ACT For the relief of Nels J. Pedersen. 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 Nels J. Pedersen, of Vancouver, Washington, a sum equal to the amount which would have been paid to him as compensation for services rendered as an employee of the Bonneville Power Administration from July 16 to July 28, 1942, and for accumulated annual leave from July 28 to August 1 1942, if such payment had not been prohibited because of his not being a citizen of the United States, the said Nels J. Pedersen having obtained such employment and rendered such services while under the bona fide but erroneous impression that he had become a naturalized citizen by taking an oath of allegiance to the United States before an officer of the United States Army while serving with the military forces of the United States during the First World War: 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 February 22, 1944. [CHAPTER 49] AN ACT For the relief of Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Morhouse. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- 93650--45--PT. II -2 February 22, 194 [H. R . 3298] [Private Law 198] Nels J. Pedersen. February 22, 1944 [H. R . 3329] [Private Law 1991 Lt. Col. Charles H. Morhouse.
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