Volume 68
Private Law 83–228
For the relief of Santos Sanabria Alvarez.
Approved February 12, 1954
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of Santos Sanabria Alvarez.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary
Santos S. Alvarez.
of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $5,000 to Santos Sanabria Alvarez, who, was injured on December 1, 1940, when struck in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, by a United States Army truck. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of such accident: 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 February 12, 1954.