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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 246, 247-SEPT. 28, 1943 [57 STAT. [CHAPTER 246] September 28, 1943 [S. 652] [Private Law 93] Joseph A. Lassiter. September 28, 1943 [S. 915] [Private Law 94] AN ACT For the relief of Joseph A.Lassiter. 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 Joseph A. Lassiter, of Rockingham, North Carolina, the sum of $1,541, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for compensation for personal injuries sustained by him and for reimbursement of hospital and medi- cal expenses incurred as a result of an accident which occurred when he was struck by a United States Army truck in Rockingham, North Carolina, on November 22,1941: 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 September 28, 1943. [CHAPTER 247] AN ACT For the relief of Robert Kish Lee and Elizabeth Kish. 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 Robert Kish Lee. in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, (1) to Robert Kish Lee, of New York, New York, the sum of $500, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for compensation for personal injuries sustained by him when he was struck by a United States mail truck driven by Vincent Amatrudi, an employee of the Post Office Depart- ment, in the performance of his official duties, in New York City, on July 31, 1939; the said Robert Kish Lee having obtained a judg- ment for $500 against the said Vincent Amatrudi, in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, Elizabeth Kish. on account of such injuries, and (2) to Elizabeth Kish, of New York, New York, the sum of $112.72, in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States for reimbursement of medical and other expenses incurred by her on account of the injuries so sustained by the said Robert Kish Lee; the said Elizabeth Kish having obtained a judgment for $112.72 against the said Vincent Amatrudi, in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New Relief of Vincent York, on account of such expenses: Provided, That the said Robert Amatrudi from lia- bility. Kish Lee and the said Elizabeth Kish shall furnish to the Secretary of the Treasury satisfactory evidence of the relief of the said Vincent Amatrudi from liability for the payment of such judgments: Provided further, 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 September 28, 1943. 688