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 57 STAT.] 78TH OONG. , IST SESS.--HS. 116, 139-141- -JUNE 2,22, 194 demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved June 2, 1943. [CHAPTER 139] AN ACT For the relief of Peter Cucclo and Violet Cucclo. 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 to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Peter Cuccio and Violet Cuccio, of Brooklyn, New York, the sum of $6,954.50, in full settlement of all claims against the United States as compensa- tion for the death of Pauline Cuccio and Jasper Cuccio, minor chil- dren, and for loss of time and funeral expenses incident thereto, as a result of the crashing of a United States Army plane at Jerusalem and Florence Avenues, Hempstead, Long Island, New York, on Sep- tember 2, 1941: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or deliv- ered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlaw- ful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a mis- demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined m any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved June 22, 1943. [CHAPTER 140] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Eliza Ward. 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 Mrs. Eliza Ward, of Macon, Georgia, the sum of $5,245, in full settlement of all claims against the United States as compensation for the death of her hus- band, George W. Ward, who was killed when the horse which he was riding was struck by a United States Army truck on United States Highway Numbered 80, near Tobesofkee Creek, Georgia, on July 9, 1941: 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 ren- dered 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 22, 1943. [CHAPTER 141] AN ACT For the relief of Doctor and Mrs. ichard Stever. Be it enacted by the Senate and Howse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Trasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, 669 June 22, 1943 [H. R. 575] [Private Law 53] Peter Cuocio and Violet Cuccio. June 22, 1943 [H. R. 637] [Private Law 54] Mrs. Eliza Ward. June 22, 193 [H. B. 1278] [Private Iaw 56 Dr. and Mrs. BRh ard Btvw.

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