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 April 4,1944 [H. R. 2337] [Private Law 266] John Joseph Defeo. April 22,1944 (H. R . 2648] (Private Law 2867 Avid Evers. PRIVATE LAWS--HS. 170, 171, 176-APR. 4, 22, 1944 [58 STAT. C. C. Evensen, of Sacramento, California, the sum of $63.86, in full settlement of all claims against the United States as reimbursement for expenses on moving household effects from Oakland to Sacra- mento, California, on January 28, 1942, while serving as deputy clerk, United States district court: 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 notwith- standing. Any person violating the Urovisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined m any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved April 4, 1944. [CHAPTER 171] AN ACT For the relief of John Joseph Defeo. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the admin- istration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, and benefits upon honorably discharged sailors John Joseph Defeo, late of the United States Navy, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been honorably discharged from the naval service of the United States as a member of the United States Navy on the 5th day of April, 1920: Provided, That no bounty, back pay, pension, or allowance shall be held to have accrued prior to the passage of this Act. Approved April 4, 1944. [CHAPTER 176] AN ACT For the relief of Avid Evers. 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 Avid Evers, Cortland, Nebraska, the sum of $5,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Avid Evers against the United States on account of personal injury and property damage sustained by him when, on April 10, 1942, several airplanes, owned by the United States and en route to Canada under the lend-lease program, flying at a very low altitude over the farm of the said Avid Evers terrified the four-horse team which he was driving beyond all control, causing an accident which resulted in serious personal injury to the said Avid Evers, destruction of the disc pul- verizer which the horses were drawing, and a substantial decrease in the value of the horses: 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 April 22, 1944.

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