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Volume 69

Private Law 84–436

For the relief of the estate of Victor Helfenbein.

Approved August 9, 1955

Statutory text

AN ACT

For the relief of the estate of Victor Helfenbein.

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 be. and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the estate of Victor Helfenbein, the sum of $5,000, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for fatal injuries sustained by him in a collision involving a United States Army ambulance from Fort Hamilton on August 12, 1944, in Brooklyn, New York: 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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