Volume 71
Private Law 85–183
For the relief of Alton B. York.
Approved August 21, 1957
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of Alton B. York.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary
Alton B. York.
of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Alton B. York, Cottage Grove, Oregon, the sum of $711.76. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Alton B. York against the United States arising out of personal injuries and property damage sustained by him on November 1, 1951, when the truck which he was driving was struck near Tacoma, Washington, by an Army cargo truck which had been negligently driven through a stop light. Such claim is not cognizable under the Federal Tort Claims Acts because
28 USC 2671 et seq.
of the fact that the driver of the Army truck (an enlisted man of the Army) was using such truck for unauthorized purposes and was not acting within the scope of his employment at the time of the accident: 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 21, 1957.