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underground of electricity and steam and returns therefrom, to Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, for its own use and the use off persons, firms, or corporations to whom Syracuse University may sell steam or electricity, across certain lands of the Veterans' Administration hospital reservation at Syracuse, New York, under which lands the said University has already caused to be located steam conduits. The exact legal description of the lands across which the easement is granted shall be determined by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, and the easement shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the Administrator may deem to be in the interests of the United States. Approved June 30, -1954. CHAPTER 450

Private Law 497 AN ACT For the relief of Walter Carl Sander.

July 1, 1954 [H. R. 685]

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 Warrant Officer (junior grade) Walter Carl Sander, of 2506 Beaumont Street, Green Bay, Wisconsin, the sum of $3,557.18, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the damages sustained by him on account of damage to and destruction of his household goods by fire, which occurred on April 14, 1952, in a United States Army van, at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, while said household goods were loaded on such van, for which he has not heretofore been compensated: 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 July 1, 1954. Private Law

Walter C.Sander.

CHAPTER 451 AN ACT

For the relief of Chester H. Tuck, Mary Elizabeth Fisher, James Thomas Harper, and Mrs. T. W. Bennett.

Be it enacted by the Senate an4 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 Chester H. Tuck, of TuUahoma, Tennessee, the sum of $10,000; to Mary Elizabeth Fisher, of Tullahoma, Tennessee, the sum of $10,000; to James Thomas Harper, of Tullahoma, Tennessee, the sum of $700; and to Mrs. T. W. Bennett, of Tullahoma, Tennessee, the sum of $7,299.50. The payment of such sums shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Chester H. Tuck, Mary Elizabeth Fisher, and James Thomas Harper against the United States for personal injuries sustained, pain and suffering undergone, medical and hospital expenses incurred, and loss of earnings sustained by them as the result of an accident involving an Army truck

July 1, 1954 [H. R. 724]

Chester H. Tuck and others.

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