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Volume 63

Private Law 81–489

For the relief of Mrs. Harriett Patterson Rogers.

Approved August 19, 1949

Statutory text

AN ACT

For the relief of Mrs. Harriett Patterson Rogers.

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 $2,800, to Mrs. Harriett Patterson Rogers, of Forrest City, Arkansas, in full settlement of all claims against the United States as reimbursement for a judgment rendered against her and in favor of Jess L. Bell and others in the Circuit Court of Pope County. Arkansas. Such claim arising out of an accident on June 14, 1941, while the said Mrs. Harriett Patterson Rogers was on official business for the United States Agriculture Extension Service in the State of Arkansas: 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 19, 1949.

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