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Volume 92

Private Law 95–51

For the relief of Stephanie Johnson.

Approved September 8, 1978

Statutory text

An Act

For the relief of Stephanie Johnson.

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 shall pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Frankie M. James, of Seattle, Washington, the sum of $1,950 as legal guardian for and on behalf of Stephanie Johnson, in full settlement of all the claims of Stephanie Johnson against the United States arising out of the failure of the Department of the Army to pay a death gratuity awarded to Stephanie Johnson in 1966.

Sec. 2.

No part of the amount appropriated in the first section of 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 section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.

Approved September 8, 1978.

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