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Volume 60

Private Law 79–504

For the relief of Mrs. Hazel M. Skaggs.

Approved June 26, 1946

Statutory text

AN ACT

For the relief of Mrs. Hazel M. Skaggs.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the Secretary

Mrs. Hazel M. Skaggs.

of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mrs. Hazel M. Skaggs, Riverside, California, the sum of $5,125.85. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. Hazel M. Skaggs against the United States for property damage, medical and hospital expenses for herself and minor daughter, and personal injuries sustained when a B-24 bomber crashed into her car at March Field, California, December 8, 1943: 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 26, 1946.

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