Volume 63 · 1158
Private Law 81–455
For the relief of John Aaron Whitt.
Approved August 17, 1949
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of John Aaron Whitt.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary
John Aaron Whitt.
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 $10,000 to John Aaron Whitt, of 830 South Fifteenth Street, Birmingham, Alabama, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries and medical and hospital expenses sustained as the result of an accident involving a United States Army vehicle on United States Highway Numbered 78 near Heflin, Alabama, on November 6, 1943: 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 August 17, 1949.