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PRIVATE LAW 7 8 2 - J U L Y 3, 1952

Private Law 782 July 3, 1952 [H.R.2S10]

^frs. Beverly Brunell Roth.

Pacific Fruit Exp r e s s Co.

ST AT.

CHAPTER 560

AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Beverly Brunell Roth.

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 hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mrs. Beverly Brunell Roth, Woodside, Long Island, New York, the sum of $7,500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. Beverly Brunell Roth against the United States arising out of personal injuries sustained by her on the island of Saipan on October 16, 1945, when she was thrown through the windshield of a Government vehicle in which she was being transported as a member of United Services Organizations LTnit 615. An action in the appropriate United States district court by the said Mrs. Beverly Brunell Roth to recover for such injuries was dismissed on the ground that for the purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, Saipan is a foreign country: 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 July 3, 1952. Private Law 783

July 3. 1952 [H.R.3616]

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CHAPTER 561

AN ACT For the relief of the Pacific Fruit Express Company.

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 Pacific Fruit Express Company, a corporation of the State of Utah (hereinafter referred to as the "company"), the sum of $135,000. Such sum shall be paid to the company only after the company has, in accordance with the terms of the formaJ contract tendered on August 11, 1950, by the United States to the company (1) abandoned and transferred to the United States all right, title, and interest in and to facilities owned by the company in Wallula, Washington, and (2) surrendered to the United States the lease which exists between the company and the Union Pacific Railroad Company for property in Wallula, Washington. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the company against the United States arising out of the flooding of Wallula, Washington, in connection with the construction of the McNary D a m: 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

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