Volume 57 · 699
Private Law 78–309
For the relief of the estate of Hyman Wiener.
Approved November 22, 1943
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of the estate of Hyman Wiener.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary
Hyman Wiener, estate.
of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the estate of Hyman Wiener, the sum of $7,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the death of Hyman Wiener, who was fatally injured when a United States Army plane fell on him at Montefiore Cemetery, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, on December 7, 1941: 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 November 22, 1943.