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Volume 63 · 1189

Private Law 81–623

For the relief of Mrs. Mary A. Bailey.

Approved October 6, 1949

Statutory text

AN ACT

For the relief of Mrs. Mary A. Bailey.

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 $5,250 to Mrs. Mary A. Bailey, of Roswell, Texas, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the death of her son, Malcom Joe Bailey, who was killed as a result of an accident involving a United States Army truck, in the town of Nash, Texas, on July 7, 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 October 6, 1949.

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