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PRIVATE LAW 708-JUNE 25, 1956

retired, the sum of $1,653.00 in full satisfaction of all claims of the said John A. O'Keefe against the District of Columbia for compensation for the services performed by him as Adjutant General of the District of Columbia National Guard in the grade of colonel for the period from October 10, 1949, to December 13, 1949, inclusive, no compensation having been received by him for such services because of the unavailability of appropriated funds for such purpose: 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 June 25, 1956.

Private Law 707

CHAPTER 449 AN ACT For the relief of Clyde R. Stevens.

June 25, 1956 [H. R. 8041]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to pay, out of money heretofore made available for the eradication of the disease vesicular exanthema in swine, to Clyde R. Stevens, San Antonio, Texas, the sum of $13,539.06. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Clyde R. Stevens against the United States arising out of the destruction, in January, April, and May of 1953, of swine owned by him because of the infection and exposure of such swine to the contagious disease vesicular exanthema. Such sum represents 50 per centum of the amount of losses incurred by the said Clyde R. Stevens by reason of the destruction of such swine, 50 per centum of the amount of such losses having been heretofore paid to him by the State of Texas: 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 June 25, 1956.

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C l y d e R. S t e vens.

CHAPTER 450

AN ACT To provide for the sale to the Eagle Rock Young Men's Christian Association of certain real property located in Los Angeles County, California.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Administrator of the General Services Administration is authorized and directed to convey to the Eagle Rock Young Men's Christian Association, a nonprofit corporation of Los Angeles, California, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain real

June 25, 1956 [H. R. 9377]

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