Volume 60
Private Law 79–432
For the relief of José Villafañe Muñoz.
Approved June 21, 1946
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of José Villafañe Muñoz.
Be it enacted by the Senate awl House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary
José Villafañe Muñoz.
of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $2,040 to José Villafañe Muñoz, of Santurce, Puerto Rico, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries and loss of earnings sustained by him as the result of an accident involving an Army truck which occurred on April 3, 1943, in San Juan, Puerto Rico: 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 21, 1946.