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PRIVATE LAW 657-MAY 18, 1956

CHAPTER 307

Private Law 656

AN ACT For the relief of Euj^ene Gardner, Byron M. Barbeau, John R. Reaves, and Jackson L. Hardy.

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 Eugene Gardner, 427 East Main Street, Xenia, Ohio, the sum of $1,479.40; to Byron M. Barbeau, Fourth and Main Streets, Batavia, Ohio, the sum of $463.68; to John R. Reaves, 41 Wood Street, Rutherford, New Jersey, the sum of $4,944.39; and to Jackson L. Hardy, 903 Third Avenue, South, Box 629, Seattle, Washington, the sum of $1,548.54. The payment of these amounts shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the losses sustained by the said Eugene Gardner, Byron M. Barbeau, John R. Reaves, and Jackson L. Hardy, as a result of damage to and destruction of their personal property in a tire that occurred in the warehouse of the Ferguson Moving and Storage Company, 1220 Harrison Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, on September 10, 1952: Provided, That nothing in this Act does or shall affect the right, titlCj and interest in and to any claim which the Government of the United States has as a result of this iire: Provided further, 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, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating any of 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 18, 1956. Private Law 657

May 18, 1956 [H. R. 8306]

Eugene Gardner and others.

CHAPTER 308 AN ACT For the relief of Xsithau A. Kalm.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Secretary

shear Avenue, Pensacola, Florida, the sum of $1,568.40 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the damages sustained by him as a result of the destruction of his household goods and personal effects in a fire that occurred in the warehouse of the Washburn Storage Company, Atlanta, Georgia, on April 30, 1954: 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 any of 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 18, 1956.

May 18, 1956 [H. R. 8307]

Nathan A. Kahn.

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