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PRIVATE LAW 6 7 6 - M A Y 28, 1956

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of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Herman Floyd Williams and Bettie J. Williams of Marianna, Florida, the sums of $4,563.41 and $8,500, respectively, to Alma (T. Segers of Marianna, Florida, the sum of $5,301.30. The payment of such sums shall be in full settlement of all claims of such persons against the United States on account of personal injuries, death, and property damage caused by the crash of a United States Air Force aircraft in the city of Marianna, Florida, on July 22, 1952, it having been determined that 28 USC ^267'i et ^^^^^^ claims are not cognizable under the P'ederal tort claims proaeq. cedure: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act for the payment of any one claim 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 such 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 28, 1956.

Private Law 676 May 28, 1956 [H. R. 6184]

Lt. P. B. Sampson.

C H AP TE R 340

AN ACT P^^. ^jjg j^.gj.g£ ^f Lieutenant P. B. Sampson.

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 First Lieutenant P. B. Sampson (AO-2234561), Box 172, Army Post Office 334, care of Postmaster, San Francisco, California, the sum of $1,139.57, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the damages sustained by him on account of damage to and destruction of his household goods and personal effects as the result of a crash of a B-29 bomber in Guam, Marianas Islands, on December 17, 1953, for which he has not heretofore been compensated: 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 May 28, 1956.

Private Law 677 May 28, 1956 [H. R. 8309]

CHAPTER 341 AN ACT P o r tjjg yeiigf of Colonel H e n r y M. Zeller.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Col. Henry M. United Stotcs 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 Colonel Henry M. Zeller, 0-16843, Fort Benning, Georgia, the sum of $1,871.43, in full satisfaction and final settlement of his claim against the United States for destruction of his household goods by fire while in the custody of the Government en route from Fort McPherson, Georgia, to Fort

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