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Volume 63 · 1135

Private Law 81–320

For the relief of Mrs. Rebecca Levy.

Approved July 13, 1949

Statutory text

AN ACT

For the relief of Mrs. Rebecca Levy.

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

That the Secretary

Mrs. Rebecca Levy.

of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mrs. Rebecca Levy, of Seattle, Washington, the sum of $6,500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. Rebecca Levy against the United States arising out of the death of her husband, Isaac Levy, which resulted from his being struck by a United States Army vehicle in Seattle, Washington, on September 26, 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 in any sum not exceeding $1,000.

Approved July 13, 1949.

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