Volume 57
Private Law 78–245
For the relief of Angeline Arbuckle.
Approved September 28, 1943
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of Angeline Arbuckle.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary
Angeline Arbuckle.
of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Angeline Arbuckle, the sum of $2,500, in full settlement of her claim against the United States for compensation for personal injuries sustained by her when the automobile in which she was riding was struck by a Civilian Conservation Corps truck on United States Highway Numbered 53, in St. Louis County, Minnesota, on July 23, 1937: Provided, That the acceptance of such sum shall be in full and final settlement of any and all judgments against Walter Mitchell, driver of the Civilian Conservation Corps truck: Provided further, 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 September 28, 1943.