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PRIVATE LAW 626-MAY 10, 1956

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status by the W a r Department or^the Department of Defense, including but not limited to all rights with respect to his inventions covered by Patent Numbered 2,395,863 and by patent application serials 682,096, 107,244, 70,412, 443,320, 478,193, and 549,086, and with respect to all inventions for which patent applications have been withheld by the W a r Department or Department of Defense in order to preserve secrecy: 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 May 10, 1956. Private Law 626 AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Helen Barsa.

May 10, 1956 [H. R. 4872]

Mrs. Helen Bar*

CHAPTER 265

Be it enacted by the Senate ami 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 $1,000 to Mrs. Helen Barsa, of Detroit, Michigan, in full settlement of all claims against the United States as a refund for security bonds posted for Maria Sofie F a r a h and Jorge F a r a h which were declared forfeited March 15, 1954: 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 May 10, 1956. Private Law 627

May 10, 1956 [H. R. 5626]

Fred Mazan.

CHAPTER 266 AN ACT For the relief of Fred Mazan.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That Fred Mazan is hereby relieved of all liability to refund to the United States the sum of $241.35. Such sum represents compensation received by the said Fred Mazan as a temporary employee of the New Haven, Connecticut, post office from July 7, 1949, to October 8, 1949, while he was also employed by the Springfield, Massachusetts, ordnance district, as an inspector and was receiving dual compensation from the United States at a combined annual rate in excess of $2,000. I n the audit and settlement of the accounts of any certifying or disbursing officer of the United States, full credit shall be given for the amount for which liability is relieved by this Act.

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