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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 253, 259, 260 -MAY 3, 4, 1948 [62 STAT. [CHAPTER 253] May 3, 1948 [H. R. 2728] [Private Law 269] Darwin Slump. May 4, 1948 [H. R. 762] [Private Law 270] Dudley Tarver. May 4, 1948 [H. R. 1747] [Private Law 271] Mrs. Margaret Lee Novick and others. AN ACT For the relief of Darwin Slump. 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 Darwin Slump, Clarinda, Iowa, the sum of $5,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Darwin Slump against the United States on account of personal injuries, loss of earnings, medical expenses, and future medical expenses sustained by him as a result of a collision, on December 6, 1944, on United States Highway Num- bered 71, about one mile south of Clarinda, Iowa, involving an auto- mobile driven by Ethel Guenther, Clarinda, Iowa, and a United States Army truck: 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 May 3, 1948. [CHAPTER 259] AN ACT For the relief of Dudley Tarver. 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 Dudley Tarver, of Oakdale, Louisiana, the sum of $3,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Dudley Tarver against the United States for personal injuries, medical, hospital, nursing expenses, and loss of earnings sustained as the result of a collision on January 26, 1944, on United States Highway Numbered 165, near Kinder, Louisiana, involving the truck in which he was a passenger and a United States Army truck: 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 misde- meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved May 4, 1948. [CHAPTER 260] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Margaret Lee Novick and others. 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 Mrs. Margaret Lee Novick, of Miami, Florida, the sum of $275; to pay to the estate of Randolph Bolles, deceased. of Jacksonville, Florida, the sum of $639; to pay to Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Clark of Jacksonville, 1344

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