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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 240, 241--JLY 11, 1947 [CHAPTER 240] July 11, 1947 [H. R. 1513; [Private Law 57] John C. Garrett. Guy F. Allen. Credit in accounts. July 11, 1947 [H. R. 1851] [Private Law 681 A. J. Davis. Mrs. Lorene Griffin. Farle Oriffin. linrry Masgrove. AN ACT For the relief of John C. Garrett. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- troller General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to remove from the records of his office the debt which has been raised therein against John C. Garrett, a former employee of the Federal Public Housing Authority, in the amount of $1,520.71, and with respect to housing projects designated Florida 8101, 8104, 8105, and 8106 located at Panama City, Florida, together with the interest due on said amount from the day of the loss of public funds for which said John C. Garrett is accountable and which were stolen without his fault from his person while he was performing his duties as agent cashier for said projects. Said John C. Garrett is hereby relieved of pecuniary responsibility for the loss of said public funds. SEC. 2. The Comptroller General is authorized and directed to allow credit in the settlement of the accounts of Guy F. Allen, former chief disbursing officer, Treasury Department, in such amounts, not exceed- ing the sum stated in section 1 hereof, as may be necessary to relieve said former chief disbursing officer of financial liability on account of the loss of said sum. Approved July 11, 1947. [CHAPTER 241] AN ACT For the relief of A. J. Davis, Mrs. Lorene Griffin, Earle Griffin, and Harry Musgrove. 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 A. J. Davis, the sum of $275, for loss of automobile; to Mrs. Lorene Griffin, the sum of $542.75, for personal injuries, hospitaldand medical expenses; to Earle Griffin, the sum of $635.50, for p)ersonal injuries, hospital and medical expenses; and to Harry Musgrove, the sum of $2,821, for personal injuries, hospital and medical expenses, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States on account of personal injuries received by them on November 25 or 26, 1944, when the car owned by A. J. Davis and operated by Harry Musgrove and occupied by Mrs. Lorene Griffin and Earle Griffin, was struck from the rear by a Government-owned car being operated by Cecil Coleman, an employee of the naval stores experiment station, Forestry Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Olusta, Florida; said accident occurring approximately one and one-half miles west of Sanderson, Florida, on United States Highway 90: 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 these claims, 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 July 11, 1947. 988 [61 STAT.

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