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PRIVATE LAW 503-JULY 8, 1954 Private Law 503

July 8. 1954 [H. R. 2636]

George Japhet.

David Hanan.

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CHAPTER 467 AN ACT For ^iie relief of George Japhet.

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 hereby is, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to George Japhet, of New York, New York, the sum of $1,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said George Japhet against the United States for reimbursement of collateral furnished upon a surety bond of the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland to the United States given upon the admission of Gabriella Japhet to the United States for medical treatment, which bond was subsequently forfeited: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act 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 8, 1954. Private Law 504

July 8. 1954 [H. R. 5436]

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Be it ermcted by the Senate and 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 David Hanan, Chicago, Illinois, the sum of $-3,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said David Hanan against the United States for personal injuries, loss of income, medical and hospital expenses, and pain and suffering sustained by him as the result of improper surgical treatment which he received from personnel of the United States Army in an operation on April 1, 1943, at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, causing continuing personal injury and pain and suffering and necessitating a further operation by civilian doctors which disclosed a surgical sponge in his abdomen: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act 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 8, 1954.

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