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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 April 11, 1952. CHAPTER 199

Private Law 553

AN ACT For the relief of J. Hibbs Buckman and A. Raymond Raff, Junior, executors of the estate of A. Raymond Raff, deceased.

April H, 1952 [S. 1998]

Be it enacted by the Seriate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary min^ndAfRayof the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money mond Raff, jr. in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to J. Hibbs Buckman and A. Raymond Raff, Junior, executors under the will of A. Raymond Raff, deceased, the sum of $2,217.86. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the National City Bank of New York, New York, and Banco da Madeira, Funchal, Madeira, and their agents, successors, or correspondents against the United States, the Indemnity Insurance Company of North America as surety on the bond of A. Raymond Raff, deceased, formerly collector of customs at the port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the estate of the said A. Raymond Raff for loss caused by the unlawful sale on July 17, 1947, of two cases of handkerchiefs consigned to the National City Bank of New York, New York, which were sold as unclaimed mer« chandise before the expiration of the general-order period, as extended: 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 recovered 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 any provision 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 April 11, 1952.

Private Law 554

C H A P T E R 200 AN ACT For the relief of Robert Joseph Vetter,

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 Robert Joseph Vetter, of Miami, Florida, the sum of $158. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Robert Joseph Vetter against the United States on account of personal injuries, medical and hospital expenses, and loss of earnings sustained by him as a result of his rescue of two United States Navy fliers who were fatally injured in the crash of a Navy airplane approximately fifty yards north of the recreation pier at the south end of Miami Beach, Florida, on June 5, 1943: 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 con-

April 11, 1952 [S. 2100]

Robert Joseph Vetter.

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