Appropriation au thorized. February 22, 1944 [H. R. 850] [Private Law 185] George M. Louie. February 22, 1944 (H. R. 1311] [Private Law 186] Dan Crotts. to be due against the United States in favor of the said Pacific Dry Dock and Repair Company, upon the same principles and measures of liability and damage as in like cases between private parties and with the same rights of appeal: Provided, That such notice of the suit shall be given to the Attorney General of the United States as may be provided by order of the said court, and it shall be the duty of the Attorney General to cause the United States attorney in said district to appear and defend for the United States: Provided further, That said suit shall be brought and commenced within six months of the date of the passage of this Act. SEC. 2. The Attorney General of the United States is authorized to arbitrate, compromise, or settle any claim on which a suit at law would lie under provisions of this Act, and for which a suit at law has actually been filed. SEC. 3. There is authorized to be appropriated such sum as may be necessary to pay the amount of any judgment rendered by said court or of any amount fixed by arbitration, compromise, or stipulation in respect to settlement, of the claim upon which this Act has authorized suit. Approved February 22, 1944. [CHAPTER 35] AN ACT For the relief of George M. Louie. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstanding any provision of the immigration laws the temporary admission to the United States of George M. Louie is hereby declared a record of permanent admission as of the date he last temporarily entered continental United States, to wit, October 13, 1938. Approved February 22, 1944. [CHAPTER 36] AN ACT For the relief of Dan Crotts. 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 be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Dan Crotts, of near Alma, Crawford County, Arkansas, the sum of $2,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the death of his son, Paul Crotts, who died from the result of injuries sustained when struck by a truck owned and operated by the National Youth Administration, which striking occurred on September 26, 1941, on United States Highway Numbered 64, near the Vine Prairie School, approximately two miles west of Mulberry, Crawford County, Arkansas, and which said death was caused by the negligent operation of the driver of the truck above-mentioned in that said driver at the time of the injuries aforesaid was driving said truck without keeping a proper lookout and at a high, dangerous, and unlawful rate of speed, and on that part of the highway, which was then and there legally posted as a school zone: 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 February 22, 1944. [CHAPTER 37] AN ACT For the relief of Lafayette Gibson. 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 Lafayette Gibson, 451 Oakley Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, the sum of $850. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Lafayette Gibson against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained on December 6, 1941, when the automobile which he was driving on North Fourth Street, Columbus, Ohio, was struck by a United States Army truck: 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. To record the lawful admission to the United States for permanent residence of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Attorney General be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to record the lawful admission for permanent residence of Reverend Julius Paal, who entered the United States at New York on October 5, 1937, and that he shall, for all purposes under the immigration and naturalization laws, be deemed to have been lawfully admitted as an immigrant for permanent residence. Upon the enactment of this Act the Secretary of State shall direct the proper quota-control officer to deduct one number from the Hungarian quota for the first year said Hungarian quota is available. Approved February 22, 1944. [CHAPTER 39] AN ACT For the relief of Ethel Cohen. 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 be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Ethel Cohen, of Chicago, Illinois, the sum of $750 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for injuries sustained by her on April 23, 1939, because of negligence of the Works Progress Administration: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this February 22, 1944 [H. R. 1442] [Private Law 187] Lafayette Gibson. February 22, 1944 [H. R. 1467] [Private Law 188] Rev. Julius Paal. Quota deduction. February 22, 1944 [H. R. 1854] [Private Law 189] Ethel Cohen. February 22, 1944 [H. R. 1934] [Private Law 190] Mrs. Donald Johnston. February 22, 1944 [H. R. 2639] [Private Law 191] Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. And 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 February 22, 1944. [CHAPTER 40] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Donald B. Johnston. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the B. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mrs. Donald B. Johnston, of 300 Southeast First Avenue, Miami, Florida, the sum of $5,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the death of her husband, Donald B. Johnston, who was killed by the collision of a United States Army plane with an Eastern Air Lines plane piloted by him at the Thirty-sixth Street Airport, at Miami, Florida, on September 22, 1942: 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. and Nelda M. Tucker. Approved February 22, 1944. [CHAPTER 41] AN ACT For the relief of William M. Tucker and Nelda M. Tucker. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the William M. Tucker United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $3,000, to William M. Tucker and Nelda M. Tucker, for property damage incurred by them, and the sum of $500 to Nelda M. Tucker, for the death of her mother, Mrs. Mary K. Engler, as result of explosion of a gas pipe which led into their home, caused by work on a Work Projects Administration project, located in the vicinity of their home on March 31, 1942: 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 February 22, 1944. 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 be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Oswald L. Sawyer, of New Bern, North Carolina, the sum of $5,000, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States of America, for personal injuries, medical and hospital expenses incident thereto, sustained as a result of an accident involving a United States Army truck near Camp Battle, New Bern, North Carolina, on December 21, 1942: 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 February 22, 1944. [CHAPTER 43] AN ACT For the relief of Tom S. Steed. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the limitations of time in sections 15 to 20, both inclusive, of the Act entitled, "An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes", approved September 7, 1916, as amended, are hereby waived in favor of Tom S. Steed, a former employee of the Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, Winnsboro, Texas, for disability alleged to have resulted from an injury sustained by him on April 19, 1937, and the United States Employees' Compensation Commission is hereby authorized to consider and determine the merits of his claim under the remaining provisions of said Act. Approved February 22, 1944. [CHAPTER 44] AN ACT For the relief of Ruth E. P. Phillips, as executrix of the estate of Amos Russell Phillips, deceased. February 22, 1944 [H. R. 2690] [Private Law 192] Oswald L. Sawyer. February 22, 1944 Tom S. Steed. 39 Stat. 746. 5 U. S. C. §§ 765–770. February 22, 1944 Amos Russell Phil Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary lips, estate. of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Ruth E. P. Phillips, Rockingham County, Virginia, as executrix of the estate of Amos Russell Phillips, deceased, the sum of $6,427.80, in full settlement of all claims of the said Ruth E. P. Phillips and of the estate of the said Amos Russell Phillips, deceased, against the United States for property damage, medical and hospital expenses, and for the death of said Amos Russell Phillips, arising out of a collision on November 21, 1942, at the intersection of Fourteenth and K Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, between the vehicle in which the February 22, 1944 [H. R. 3153] [Private Law 195] estate. said Amos Russell Phillips was riding and a vehicle in the service of the Army of the United States, resulting in the death of the said Amos Russell Phillips: 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 February 22, 1944. [CHAPTER 45] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Jennie I. Weston, deceased. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Jennie 1. Weston, 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 the administrator of the estate of Jennie I. Weston, deceased, the sum of $19,915. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of the death of the said Jennie I. Weston and damage to real and personal property owned by her caused by a United States Army bomber on September 8, 1942, when it crashed into her dwellings: 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. February 22, 1944 [H. R. 3189] [Private Law 196] Thomas Lewis. Approved February 22, 1944. [CHAPTER 46] AN ACT For the relief of Thomas Lewis. 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 be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Thomas Lewis, of Route 1, Martinsville, Virginia, the sum of $1,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injury sustained by him on October 16, 1941, when he was struck in the right eye by a piece of rock while on a work detail as an inmate of the Federal prison camp at Mill Point, West Virginia: 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 February 22, 1944. |