Volume 57
Private Law 78–323
Providing for payment to Nellie Starr McCorkle of accumulated leave accrued and payable to her deceased husband, Captain John Ray McCorkle, under the Act of August 1, 1941 (ch. 348, 55 Stat. 616; 5 U. S. C. sec. 61a).
Approved November 22, 1943
Statutory text
AN ACT
Providing for payment to Nellie Starr McCorkle of accumulated leave accrued and payable to her deceased husband, Captain John Ray McCorkle, under the Act of August 1, 1941 (ch. 348, 55 Stat. 616; 5 U. S. C. sec. 61a).
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Nellie Starr McCorkle.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Nellie Starr McCorkle, Mesilla Park, New Mexico, the sum of $623.70, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for accumulated leave accrued and payable to her deceased husband, Captain John Ray McCorkle, under the Act of August 1, 1941 (ch.
348, 55 Stat. 616; 5 U. S. C., sec. 61a), by reason of his civil employment prior to his being ordered to active duty, and payment of which was withheld by reason of the fact that he was killed in the Philippine Islands shortly after the passage of the Act and before he was advised of the benefits accruing to him through the provisions of said Act: 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.