Private Law 85–764

That the Secretary

Alto Ross and others.

of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $5,749 to Alto Ross, of Bainbridge, Georgia; the sum of $1,500 to Mrs. Alto (Audrey) Ross, of Bainbridge, Georgia; the sum of $1,750 to Alto Ross, the natural and legal guardian of Gloria Ann Ross, of Bainbridge, Georgia; the sum of $1,500 to Alto Ross, the natural and legal guardian of Terry Ross, of Bainbridge, Georgia; and the sum of $500 to Alto Ross, the natural and legal guardian of Bobby Nell Ross, of Bainbridge, Georgia; the sum of $2,500 to Joan Ard Nichols (married and now of age), of Bainbridge, Georgia; the sum of $404 to E. B. Ard, of Bainbridge, Georgia, as reimbursement for medical expenses incurred because of injuries to his then minor and unmarried daughter, Joan Ard, in full and final settlement of the claims of the named individuals against the United States, arising out of an accident involving a United States Army vehicle which occurred on United States Highway numbered 84 about four miles west of Bainbridge, Georgia, on October 1, 1954. The operator of the Army vehicle in that accident has been determined not to have been acting within the scope of his employment, and the claims based on the accident are not cognizable

62 Stat. 982.

28 USC 2671 et seq.

under the Federal Tort Claims Act, provisions now set out in title section 2, paragraph 28, of the United States Code: Provided, That no part of the amounts 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 the claims covered by this Act, 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.