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 63 STAT.] 81ST CONG. , S1TSESS.-CHS. 430 -432 --AUG. 15, 1949 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the estate of Josephine Pereira, of Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, the sum of $3,945, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damages on account of the death of the said Josephine Pereira, who was killed by a bullet fired by a soldier at the intersection of Ashley and Lowela Avenues, Pearl City, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, on July 5, 1942: 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 connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any per- son 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 August 15, 1949. [CHAPTER 431] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Kenneth N. Peel. 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 Kenneth N. Peel, deceased, the aggregate sum of $10,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States, incident to, and growing out of, the death of said Kenneth N. Peel, as a result of being struck by by an Army vehicle operated by Army personnel on Old Broadway, near the intersection of Olive Street, in the borough of Westville, New Jersey, on December 24, 1941, and said death having been caused by the negligent operation of said Army vehicle so as to cause it to run into the vehicle in which said Kenneth N. Peel was riding: 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 August 15, 1949. [CHAPTER 432] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of W. M. West. 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 $4,185.90 to the estate of W. M. West, deceased, of Lake City, Tennessee, in full settlement of all claims against the United States arising out of the death of the said W. M. West on October 20, 1938, from personal injuries sustained by him on October 19, 1938, when he was struck by a Civilian Conservation Corps truck about one mile from Lake City, Tennessee: 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 81939'-50-PT. I- --73 August 15, 1949 IH.. . 2095] [Private aw 202] Kenneth N. Peel, estate. August 15, 1949 [H. R. 2B] (Private Law 209 W. M. West, estate. 1153

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