Private Law 83–555

That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of $6,000, to the estate of Opal Perkins, deceased, and to pay the sum of $6,000 to the estate of Kenneth Ross, deceased, all residents of Newcomb, Tennessee. The payment of such sums shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States arising out of the instant death of Opal Perkins and Kenneth Ross, on October 25, 1935, when they were burned and instantly killed as the result of an explosion caused by the negligence and wrongful conduct of employees of the Federal Government engaged in work on the public roads of Campbell County, Tennessee, said work being carried on by employees of the Works Project Administration, and in the performance of which they stored quantities of road materials in iron or steel barrels on a lot in the town of Newcomb, Tennessee, where children were accustomed to congregate and play, and which said road materials thus stored in said barrels generated and emitted when they were unstopped highly inflammable and explosive gases which, when they came in contact with fire, exploded: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act 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.