Chapter 669. For the relief of Katherine Elizabeth Kerrigan Callaghan
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Chap. 669: For the relief of Katherine Elizabeth Kerrigan Callaghan. Chapter 669 45 Stat. 2373 1929-03-02 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 2 private Chapter 669.— An Act For the relief of Katherine Elizabeth Kerrigan Callaghan. March 2, 1929. [[H. R. 16666](/us/bill/70/hr/16666).] [[Private, No. 542](/us/pvtl/70/542).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the SecretaryKatherine Elizabeth Kerrigan Callaghan.
Payment to, for death of husband. of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Katherine Elizabeth Kerrigan Callaghan, widow of John Callaghan, of Alexandria, Louisiana, the sum or $750. Such sum shall be in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States on account of the death through injuries sustained by the said John Callaghan as a result of being run over on June 9, 1922, by a Government-owned ambulance attached to United States Veterans’ Hospital No. 27, and operated by an employee of the hospital, through the carelessness and negligence of the driver of the ambulance: *Provided*, That no part of the*Proviso.* Limit on amount paid agents, etc. amount of any item appropriated in this Act in excess of $50 thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered or advances made in connection with said claim.
It shall be unlawful for anyUnlawful, if in excess. agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum which exceeds $50 of the amount of any item appropriated in this Act on account of services rendered or advances made in connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall bePenalty for violation. deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.
Approved, March 2, 1929.
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