Private Law 83–910

That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Donald James Darmody, Saint Paul, Minnesota, the sum of $427.82. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Donald James Darmody against the United States arising out of personal injuries and property damage sustained by him on February 1, 1950, when his car. while legally parked near the intersection of East Seventh Street and Maria Avenue in Saint Paul, was struck by an Army vehicle being operated by an enlisted man of the Army. The Department of the Army, on August 28, 1950, disallowed such claim on the ground that the operator of the Army vehicle was not acting within the scope of his employment at the time of the accident, and the Under Secretary of the Army, on December 8, 1950, sustained such disallowance on the same ground: 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.