Private Law 82–23

That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Carl Parks, of Pike County, Georgia, the sum of $5,000, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States as compensation for the death of his wife, Mrs. Mary Parks, who was killed when the automobile in which she was traveling, driven by Claude Barnes, was involved in a collision with a United States Army truck on United States Highway Numbered 41 about five and four-tenths miles north of Griffin, in Spalding County, Georgia, on or about October 28, 1944: 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 provision of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in the sum not exceeding $1,000.