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 63 STAT.] 81ST CONG., 1ST SESS.-CHS. 669, 670, 675-OCT. 10, 11, 1949 injuries and property damage sustained on August 12, 1940, when an automobile owned by her husband, John Gehringer, Senior, now deceased, and which she was then driving, was struck by a Work Projects Administration truck at the intersection of Claudius Street and San Francisco Avenue, Egg Harbor City, New Jersey: 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 October 10, 1949. [CHAPTER 670] AN ACT For the relief of the Belle Isle Cab Company, Incorporated. 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 the Belle Isle Cab Company, Incorporated, of Baltimore, Maryland, the sum of $1,773.37. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of such company against the United States arising from a collision, on September 12, 1944, in Baltimore, Maryland, involving a taxicab, owned by such company and operated by its agent, and a United States Maritime Commission truck, and also in full settlement of all judgments held by the Belle Isle Cab Company, Incorporated, against Doctor Pleasant, the truck driver employed by War Shipping Admin- istration. A passenger in such taxicab, who was injured in the col- lision, brought suit in the Superior Court of Baltimore City against such company and the driver of the Government truck. Judgment was rendered against both defendants in the amount of $3,500, plus court costs of $46.75. Due to the inability of the driver of the truck to pay his part of the judgment, such company was compelled to pay the entire sum of $3,546.75. Later such company reduced to judgment against such driver one-half of such amount, or $1,773.37, which judgment is unsatisfied: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- priated 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 October 10, 1949. [CHAPTER 6751 AN ACT Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Edward Gray, Senior; Edward Gray, Junior; Bertha Mae Gray; Bertha Pat- mon; and Lindsay Gardner, all of the city of Hamtramck, Wayne County, Michigan Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the United States District Court for the Eastern 81939-50 --PT. I-76 1201 October 10,1949 [H. R. 5682] [Private Law 326] Belle Isle Cab Co., Inc. October 11, 1949 [H. R. 752] [Private Law 327] Edward Gray, Sr, and others

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