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PRIVATE LAW 4 1 8 - J U N E 16, 1954

Private Law 418 June 16. 1954 [»• R' 372S]

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CHAPTER 301 ^ ^ ^^'^ For the relief of Curtis W. Strong.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Curtis w. Strong. 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 Curtis W. Strong, a sum sufficient, not to exceed $4,607, to indemnify said Curtis W. Strong for losses incurred because of an operation performed on June 10, 1918, at the United States Army Field Hospital, at Toul, France, in which two rubber drainage tubes were permitted to remain in the left chest of Curtis W. Strong, this operation being performed because of a wound sustained in action on June 5, 1918, in Belleau Wood, France. As a result of this error on the part of the Army doctors, Curtis W. Strong was unable to work as a letter carrier between May 29, 1944, and June 1, 1951. The payment of the sums specified heretofore shall be in full settlement of his claim for loss of pay due to the negligence of the United States Army doctors: 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 Jiine 16, 1954. Private Law 419 June 16, 1954 [H. R. 6477]

CHAPTER 302

^^ ^^"^ For the relief of the Columbia Hospital of Richland County, South Carolina.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the pi?ai'^\*ch?and' ^i^^^^d States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the Secrecounty, s. c. tary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Columbia Hospital of Kichland County, South Carolina, the sum of $18,322.92. Such sum represents reimbursement for the reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by such hospital in providing care and treatment during the period beginning September 18, 1942, and" ending October 18, 1952, to one Halsford V. Sharpe, a former prisoner of the United States who is permanently and totally disabled as a result of an injury sustained by him in the course of his arrest on March 7, 1942, by agents of the Alcohol Tax Unit, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Department of the Treasury, and who was placed in such hospital by such agents on such date. The United States, through the Department of Justice, paid all expenses for such care and treatment for the period beginning March 7, 1942, and ending September 17, 1942, during which period the said Halsford V. Sharpe was in the custody of a United States marshal but, on the latter date, the said Halsford V. Sharpe was discharged from such custody and the United States disclaimed further liability in law to pay such expenses.

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