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Volume 64

Private Law 81–1037

For the relief of the legal guardian of Charles Spiller and Glenn T. Spiller, minors.

Approved September 25, 1950

Statutory text

AN ACT

For the relief of the legal guardian of Charles Spiller and Glenn T. Spiller, minors.

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 $2.500 to the legal guardian of Charles Spiller, and to pay the sum of $10,000 to the legal guardian of Glenn T. Spiller, both minors, of APO 438, c/o Postmaster, San Francisco, California, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained as a result of an accident near the Dependents Area between Giessen and Wieseck on Wisseckerweg, Germany, on November 30, 1947, when a shell exploded while the two minor children were playing in a sandpit: 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 September 25, 1950.

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