Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 59 Part 2.djvu/73

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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 247 -250-JULY 2, 1945 July 2, 194 [H. R . 1756] [Private Law 127] Demetrio Oaqulas, estate. 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. [CHAPTER 248] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of the late Demetrio Caqufas. 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, the sum of $5,000, to the estate of the late Demetrio Caquias who was fatally injured on March 15, 1944, when struck in Ponce, Puerto Rico, by a United States jeep. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of such accident: Pro- vided, 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. [CHAPTER 249] July 2, 194 [H. R. 1792] [Private Law 1281 White Van Line, Inc. July 2,194 [H. R. 1891] [Private Law 129] Grandview Haspl- tal AN ACT For the relief of the White Van Line, Incorporated, of South Bend, Indiana. 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 the White Van Line, Incorporated, of South Bend, Indiana, the sum of $1,693.28. The pay- ment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said White Van Line, Incorporated, against the United States for the damages sustained by it resulting from a collision, on October 12, 1935, approximately seven miles west of Galeton, Pennsylvania, on United States Highway Numbered 6, between one of its moving vans and a vehicle in the service of the Civilian Conservation Corps: Pro- vided, 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. [CHAPTER 2501 AN ACT For the relief of the Grandview Hospital. 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 the Grandview Hospital, of Edinburg, Texas, the sum of $251.40, in full satisfaction of the claims against the United States for services 736 [59 STAT.