Private Law 86–449

That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Ray C. Thompson, Greensboro, North Carolina, the sum of $1,139.75. Payment of such sum shall be in reimbursement to the said Ray C. Thompson for the payment by him of an equal amount to one Edward L. Gardner in connection with the compromise settlement of the claim of the said Edward L. Gardner for personal injuries sustained as a result of being hit by a mail truck operated by the said Ray C. Thompson in the course of his duties as a parcel post mail carrier in the postal field service on December 17, 1955, at Greensboro, North Carolina. The said Edward L. Gardner was unable to recover damages from the Government of the United States under the tort claims procedure

62 Stat. 982.

28 USC 2671 et seq.

of title 28 of the United States Code by reason of lapse of time under the applicable time limitations provisions of such title. The said Edward L. Gardner subsequently filed suit on such claim against the said Ray C. Thompson personally and settlement was made in the above-specified amount. 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.