Volume 68 · a249
Private Law 83–912
For the relief of Esther Smith.
Approved August 31, 1954
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of Esther Smith.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary
Esther Smith.
of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Esther Smith, Wilmington, North Carolina, the sum of $2,500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Esther Smith against the United States as a result of being struck by an Army vehicle while she was walking along North Fourth Street, Wilmington, North Carolina, on December 22, 1944: 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.
Approved August 31, 1954.