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PRIVATE LAW 1 4 2 - J U L Y 5, 1955

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visos of paragraph 1 of part VIII of Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a) setting time limits for the initiation and termination of education or training under such part VIII shall not apply to George L. F. Allen, of McAllen, Texas, if he initiates his education or training under such part VIII within one hundred and twenty days after the date of enactment of this Act. Upon the said George L. F. Allen so initiating his education or training under such part VIII, he shall be held and considered to have been eligible for education or training under such part beginning October 17, 1951, the date on which he actually commenced his education or training. The Administrator of Veterans' AlEfairs shall pay the said George L. F. Allen for tuition, subsistence allowances, and other expenses related to his education or training allowable under paragraphs 5 (a) and 6 (a) of such part VIII if he had been eligible on and after October 17, 1951, and shall make the appropriate deduction of time from the period of eligibility of the said George L. F. Allen: 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 1, 1955. Private Law 141

38 USC ch 12A.

CHAPTER 270 AN ACT

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For the relief of the Overseas Navigation Corporation.

July 1, 1955 [ H. R. 5196]

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, the sum of $10,000 to the Overseas Navigation Corporation, of New York, New York, in full settlement of all claims against the United States, based on the fact that a deposit of $12,500 made by such corporation in connection with a bid which it submitted to the United States Maritime Commission in 1946 for the purchase of the coastal tanker Blue Sunoco, was declared forfeit on March 17, 1947, after such corporation failed to take delivery: 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, 1955.

Private Law 142

Overseas N a v i gation Corp.

CHAPTER 273

AN ACT For the relief of Luzie Biondo (Luzie M. S c h m i d t).

July 5. 19 5i TH. R. 943]

Be it enacted by the^ Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstanding the provision of section 212(a)(9) of the Immigration and

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