Private Law 81–944

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 $2,000 to Carl E. Lawson, of San Mateo, California, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries and medical and hospital expenses sustained by Carl E. Lawson, as the result of an accident involving a United States Army vehicle on a pier of the water front, San Francisco, California, on September 30, 1942: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall make such payment only after the receipt of evidence satisfactory to him that the judgment in the sum of $5,000 entered by the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the city and county of San Francisco., California, in case numbered 322,295, minute book 671, page 403, in favor of Carl E. Lawson and against Joseph A. Rice, has been satisfied and discharged of record: And provided further, 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.