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PRIVATE LAW 924-AUG. 31, 1954

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in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Lyman Chalkley, Prince Georges County, Maryland, the sum of $747.36. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Lyman Chalkley against the United States for compensation for services performed by him during the period beginning August 28, 1952, and ending on September 30, 1952, while he was employed as a consultant in the Department of State without legal authority, through error on the part of an official of that Department. 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 August 31, 1954, Private Law 923

CHAPTER 1128

AN ACT For the relief of the Florida State Hospital.

Be it enacted by the Seriate 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 the Florida State Hospital, at Chattahoochee, Florida, the sum of $142, in full settlement of its claim against the United States for reimbursement of a portion of the proceeds of a national service life insurance dividend erroneously issued by the Veterans' Administration in favor of Charles Bowes, an incompetent veteran under the care of the said Florida State Hospital, and erroneously spent by the veteran for his own personal needs: 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 su;n not exceeding $1,000. Approved August 31, 1954. Private Law 924

August 31, 1954 [H. R. 4580]

Florida Hospital.

State

C H A P T E R 1129

AN ACT For the relief of Petra Ruiz Martinez and Mr. and Mrs. Marcelo Maysonet Mirell.

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 is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $5,000 to Petra Kuiz Martinez, and to pay the sum of $5,000 to Mr. and Mrs. Marcelo Maysonet Mirell, all of the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of the death of their minor sons J u a n Martinez Ruiz and J u a n Gilbert© Maysonet Benitez, who died on July 14, 1940, as the result of personal injuries sustained by them on that date in an accident involving a United States Army truck, which occurred on the road leading from

Atigust 31, 1954 [H. R. 5028]

Petra R. Martinez and others.

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