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 PRIVATE LAW 14-MAY 13, 1953

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Private Law 14 [S. 851]

Mary M. Mendenhall, e s t a t e.

54 Stat. 975; 56 Stat. 568. 26 USC 722.

AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Mary M. Mendenhall,

Be it ermcted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assenwled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the estate of Mary M. Mendenhall, deceased, wife of Captain George W. Mendenhall, United States Air Force, the sum of $10,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of the death of the said Mary M. Mendenhall while she was being delivered of a child, on September 8, 1949, at the Forty-ninth General Hospital, Tokyo, Honshu, J a p a n: 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 May 13, 1953. CHAPTER 42

AN ACT For the relief of the Detroit Automotive Products Company.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the petition of the Detroit Automotive Products Company for relief under section 722 of the Internal Revenue Code shall be held and considered to have been received by the Tax Court of the United States within the time allowed by law and regulations for the filing of such a petition. Approved May 14, 1953. Private Law 16

May 14, 1953 [S. 142]

Norman S. MacPhee.

STAT.

CHAPTER 41

Private Law 15 May 14, 1953 [S. 100]

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CHAPTER 43 AN ACT For the relief of Norman S. MacPhee.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Norman S. MacPhee, of Underwood, North Dakota, is hereby relieved of all liability for the repayment to the United States of $284.85, representing the costs incurred by the Department of the Navy in providing transportation of household effects of the said Norman S. MacPhee from Richmond, Virginia, to Underwood, North Dakota, upon his separation from service in the Navy in 1946, the payment of such costs having been subsequently disallowed by the General Accounting Office on the gfound that such payment was not authorized by law. Approved May 14, 1953.

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