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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 344, 345-JUNE 30,1944 [CHAPTER 344] June 30,1944 [H. R. 2405] [Private Law 335] Clarence P. Hale, Jr. June 30, 1944 [H. R. 2472] [Private Law 336] Gertrude Mullins, estate. AN ACT For the relief of Clarence P. Hale, Junior. 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 Clarence P. Hale, Junior, of Saint Louis, Missouri, the sum of $250, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for expenses incurred as the result of a trip undertaken by him, from Saint Louis, Missouri, to Vallejo, California, to accept employment as helper, air- craft mechanic general, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, Cali- fornia, upon authorization of a letter from the office of the manager, Fifth United States Civil Service District, Atlanta, Georgia. Upon his arrival at Vallejo, California, Mr. Hale was informed that a mis- take had been made in the appointment offered him, and such employ- ment was not open to him: 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 June 30, 1944. [CHAPTER 345] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Gertrude Mullins. 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 estate of Gertrude Mullins, of Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, the sum of $3,000, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for the death of Gertrude Mullins, deceased, the wife of said Jonas Mullins on August 15 1940, through negligence on the part of the employees of the Work Projects Adminis- tration, while engaged in the construction of a road in the vicinity of Kanawha Two Mile Creek in Elk District, Kanawha County, West Virginia; said Work Projects Administration employees while cutting a limb from a tree, negligently permitted the limb to fall across a high-tension electric line, which contacted service wires leading to the home of Gertrude Mullins, resulting in the transmission of electric current through the metal siding of the house and a wire clothesline which was attached to the house, and causing the electrocution of Gertrude Mullins who was hanging clothes on the wire clothesline at the time: 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 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 30, 1944. 1006 [58 STAT.

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