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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 399-401-JUNE 9, 1942 [CHAPTER 399] June 9, 1942 [S. 1044] AN ACT For the relief of L. H. Goodman. [CHAPTER 400] June 9, 1942 [S. 1563] [Private Law 449] Albert M. Howard. Jurisdiction con- ferred on Court of Claims to hear, etc., claim of. Proviso. AN ACT Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims of the United States to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Albert M. Howard. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Court of Claims of the United States to hear, determine, and render judgment, as if the United States were suable in tort, upon the claim of Albert M. Howard, of Wheaton, Illinois, for personal injuries and property damage sustained by the said Albert M. Howard when a mail truck or vehicle operated by the Post Office Department through its agents, servants, and employees collided with an automobile in which he was riding on February 25, 1939, near the junction of United States Highway Num- bered 330 (commonly known at the point of collision as Roosevelt Road) and Fifth Avenue, Maywood, Illinois: Provided, That the judgment shall not exceed the sum of $7,500. Approved, June 9, 1942. [CHAPTER 401] June 9, 1942 [8. 204]8 [Private Law 450] First Lt. William Stewart Walker. Payment to. AN ACT For the relief of Lieutenant William Stewart Walker. 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 to First Lieutenant William Stewart Walker the sum of $115.87, out of any funds available for pay and travel of the Army, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for pay, allow- 1184 [56 STAT. [Private Law 481 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the L. H. Ooodman. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Payment t. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,500 to L. H. Goodman, of Monteagle, Grundy County, Tennessee, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for compensation for the death of his minor son, Harleth Goodman, who died as the result of injuries sustained by him on November 9, 1939, when he was struck by a truck of the Works Progress Adminis- tration on United States Highway Numbered 41, between Pelham, Progiso,. Tennessee, and Monteagle, Tennessee: Provided,That payment under ment agast°wallace this Act shall be conditioned upon the filing by L. H. Goodman of Welsh. a discharge and satisfaction of the judgment against Wallace Welsh: Limitation on at- Provided further, That no part of the amount appropriated in this oesetc. fees. 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, June 9, 1942. I

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