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Volume 72

Private Law 85–568

For the relief of Mrs. Juanita Burna.

Approved August 14, 1958

Statutory text

AN ACT

For the relief of Mrs. Juanita Burna.

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 authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mrs. Juanita Burna, Warwick, Virginia, the sum of $15,335.93. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of Mrs. Juanita Burna against the United States on account of severe personal injuries sustained by her on October 5, 1954, when the automobile she was driving on the island of Okinawa in the Ryukyu Islands was struck by a vehicle owned by the United States and operated by its agent: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof 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 14, 1958.

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