Volume 63
Private Law 81–113
For the relief of Mrs. Anna Smolowitz and Mrs. Sylvia D’Arpe.
Approved May 14, 1949
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of Mrs. Anna Smolowitz and Mrs. Sylvia D’Arpe.
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, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $2,500 to Mrs. Anna Smolowitz, of Absecon Highlands, New Jersey, and the sum of $2,500 to Mrs. Sylvia D’Arpe, of Absecon Highlands, New Jersey, in full settlement of all claims against the United States arising out of personal injuries sustained by the said Mrs. Anna Smolowitz and Mrs. Sylvia D’Arpe as the result of the crash of an Army airplane into their home on Second Avenue, Absecon Highlands, New Jersey, on April 8, 1944: 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 m any sum not exceeding $1,000.
Approved May 14, 1949.