Private Law 81–545

That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Edwin F. Shockley, Hemet, California, the sum of $5,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Edwin F. Shockley against the United States for personal injuries sustained on November 10, 1943, when a collision occured between the Army plane in which he and his pilot were flying and a Navy plane, at Ryan School of Aeronautics at Hemet, California, while he was acting as flying instructor: 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.