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 63 STAT.] 81ST CONG., 1ST SESS.- CHS. 250-252-JUNE 25, 27, 1949 [CHAPTER 250] AN ACT For the relief of Joel W. Atkinson. 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 Joel W. Atkinson, Wildwood, Florida, the sum of $2,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Joel W. Atkinson against the United States for personal injuries sustained by him on January 19, 1944, while acting as head brakeman on the Seaboard Air Line Railway train designated extra 822 south, West Palm Beach- Hialeah local, as the result of a collision between such train and a United States Navy tractor and two gasoline tank trailers attached thereto on the Seaboard Air Line Railway crossing at One Hundred and Sixty-seventh Street, Miami Florida: 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 agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in con- nection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, 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 25, 1949. [CHAPTER 251] AW ArT' 1121 'nne 2, 1949 [H. R. 2353] [Private Law 119] Joel W. Atkinson. Y1'' June 25, 1949 For the relief of the estate of the late Anastacio Acosta, and the estate of Domingo [H. R. 3324] Acosta Arizmendi. IPrivate Law 120] 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 the sum of $3,000 to the estate of Anastacio Acosta, and to the estate of Domingo Acosta Arizmendi the sum of $1,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for their death sustained as a result of a bomb drop- ping by the Naval Air Forces which exploded in the Island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, on March 19, 1940: 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 25, 1949. [CHAPTER 252] AN ACT Granting a renewal of patent numbered 54,296 relating to the badge of The American Legion. Be it unacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congressassembled,That a certain design Anastacio Acosta and Domingo Aoota Arilmendi, estates. June 27,1949 [S. 646] [Private Law 1211 The Amerin Lo tido PatuetAnmwL 81939'- 5 -PT. --- 71

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