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Volume 63

Private Law 81–104

For the relief of John C. Nunes.

Approved May 13, 1949

Statutory text

AN ACT

For the relief of John C. Nunes.

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

That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to John C. Nunes the sum of $500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, medical, and hospital expenses sustained by his minor daughter Virginia Nunes when she was struck by a Navy vehicle on September 21, 1944, in Taunton, Massachusetts: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum 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 May 13, 1949.

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