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PRIVATE LAW 914-AUG. 31, 1954

Private Law 912

A249 CHAPTER 1117

AN ACT For the relief of Esther Smith.

Aijgust 31, M54 [H. R. 3008]

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 Esther Smith, Wilmington, North Carolina, the sum of $2,500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Esther Smith against the United States as a result of being struck by an Army vehicle while she was walking along North Fourth Street, Wilmington, North Carolina, on December 22, 1944: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act 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 31, 1954. Private Law 913

Esther Smith.

CHAPTER 1118 ^^ ^^"^ For the relief of Doctor Alfred L. Smith.

August 31, 195 C"- »• 30^43

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Th^it the Secretary stSth. ^^^^^^ of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Doctor Alfred L. Smith (captain, Medical Corps, United States Navy, retired), Richmond, Virginia, the sum of $1,773. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Doctor Alfred L. Smith, against the United States for reimbursement of fees which he received as a civilian physician employed by the Department of the Army during the period beginning April 1, 1948, and ending August 31, 1948, but which he was subsequently required to refund to the United States: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act 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 31, 1954. Private Law 914

CHAPTER 1119 AN ACT For the relief of B. C. Mills.

Be it ermcted 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, the

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