Volume 60 · 1188
Private Law 79–309
For the relief of Ben Thomas Haynes, a minor.
Approved June 10, 1946
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of Ben Thomas Haynes, a minor.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of
Guardian of Ben Thomas Haynes.
the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the legal guardian of Ben Thomas Haynes, of route 1, Watertown, Tennessee, the sum of $3,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained by the said Ben Thomas Haynes who was seriously injured by the explosion of an unexploded signal flare left in a maneuver area near his father’s home by United States Army troops on March 19, 1944, near Watertown, Wilson County, Tennessee: 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 10, 1946.