Private Law 81–29

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, to Henry W. Brooks, Warren, Vermont, $360; to T. N. Carlton, Rural Free Delivery Numbered 1, Wauchula, Florida, $250; to Melvin B. Clark, Mankato, Minnesota, $32; to Paul A. Davis, Rural Free Delivery Numbered 3, Sylvan Hills, North Little Rock, Arkansas, $255; to Albert E. Drecoll, Libertyville, Illinois, $63.25; to E. H. Ferguson, Rantoul, Illinois, $64.68; to Harold L. Gavan, 229 Anderson Street, Hackensack, New Jersey, $24.79; to Francis E. Geagan, Hotel Vereen, Miami, Florida, $50; to John F. Gibbons, Junior, 1507 Robert Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, $155.30; to John J. Kutch, 7212 Harrow Street, Forest Hills, Long Island, New York, $34.57; to Mrs. Blanche Lebwith, Wyandanch, New York, $189.50; to Joaquin Quinones Lopez, Santurce, Puerto Rico, $600; to Mason D. Nesmith, Georgetown, South Carolina, $40.64; to Isadore Rosinsky, 1820 North Fifty-fourth Street, Omaha, Nebraska, $706.50; to A. M. Smith, Rural Free Delivery Numbered 2, Columbia, South Carolina, $440; to Mrs. May V. Walsh, Montezuma, Georgia, $35; to Herbert Grillmaier, care of Hermann Reitboeck, Clay Products Company, Panama, Republic of Panama, $190.31; and to Peter L. Feller, 125 West Sixteenth Street, New York, New York, $227. The payment of said sums shall be in full settlement of all claims of the above-named claimants against the United States for damage to or loss or destruction of property and personal injury caused by military personnel or civilian employees of the Army, or otherwise incident to noncombat activities of the Army, and determined by the Department of the Army to be meritorious, which are not payable either under the provisions of the Act of July 3, 1943 (57 Stat. 372; 31 U. S. C. 223 b), entitled “An Act to provide for the settlement of claims for damage to or loss or destruction of property or personal injury or death caused by military personnel or civilian employees, or otherwise incident to activities, of the War Department or of the Army”, as amended, or under the “Federal Tort Claims Act”, as codified by the Act of June 25, 1948

Ante, pp. 62, 106.

(62 Stat. 983; 28 U. S. C. 2672): Provided, That no part of the amounts appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum of any claim shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with such claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating any of 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.