Volume 65 · a62
Private Law 82–160
For the Relief of Sylvio Latino.
Approved July 27, 1951
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the Relief of Sylvio Latino.
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 is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Sylvio Latino, Worcester, Massachusetts, the sum of $200. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Sylvio Latino against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained by him on February 28, 1944, when the United States Army vehicle in which he was riding was involved in an accident near the intersection of Prospect Street and Eastern Avenue in Worcester. Massachusetts: 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 July 27, 1951.