Private Law 80–5

That the Secretary

Ruth Horton Hunter, estate.

of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the estate of Ruth Horton Hunter, deceased, late of Lancaster County, South Carolina, the sum of $5,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of the death, on October 27, 1944, of the said Ruth Horton Hunter from injuries sustained by her when she was struck, on said date, on Main Street, of the town of Heath Springs, Lancaster County, South Carolina, by an Army truck, driven by Private Benjamin Daniels of the Columbia, South Carolina, Army Air Base: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per cent um 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.