Volume 58
Private Law 78–342
For the relief of Mrs. Hagar Simpson and Mrs. Nat Price, Junior.
Approved June 30, 1944
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of Mrs. Hagar Simpson and Mrs. Nat Price, Junior.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary
Mrs. Hagar Simpson and Mrs. Nat Price, Jr.
of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $5,000 to Mrs. Hagar Simpson, of Odessa, Texas; and the sum of $3,000 to Mrs. Nat Price, Junior, of Graham, Texas, for personal injuries and medical and hospital expenses incident to and sustained as a result of a collision between the automobile in which they were riding and a United States Army truck on Highway Numbered 67, near Graham, Texas, on August 2, 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 June 30, 1944.