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Volume 69 · A144

Private Law 84–420

For the relief of Priscilla Louise Davis.

Approved August 9, 1955

Statutory text

AN ACT

For the relief of Priscilla Louise Davis.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Priscilla Louise Davis, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the amount which the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs certifies to him would have been payable to the said Priscilla Louise Davis under laws administered by the Veterans’ Administration for the period beginning November 14, 1942, and ending March 31, 1946, both dates inclusive, as death compensation benefits arising out of the death of her former husband, John Crockett Ravin (Veterans’ Administration claim numbered XC–3114411), if she had made application for death compensation within one year after the date of the death of the said John Crockett Ravin: 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 9, 1955.

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