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PRIVATE LAW 723-JUNE 29, 1956

of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mrs. Zella K. Thissell, of Belleville, Illinois, the sum of $10,000 as a gratuity for the death of her husband, Lieutenant Ralph D. Thissell, United States Naval Reserve, who was killed in line of duty in an air crash on January 15, 1943: 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 29, 1956.

Private Law 722

CHAPTER 472 AN ACT For the relief of Eugene G. Aretz.

June 29, 1956 [H. R. 7373]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Eugene G. Aretz, employee m the Naval Ordnance Plant at Indianapolis, Indiana, is relieved of all liability to refund to the United States the sum of $410.40 which he received as excess compensation as a result of his promotion approved on June 24, 1951, before the expiration of a waiting period of fifty-two calendar weeks of service required by section 701(a) of the Classification Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 967). Approved June 29, 1956. Private Law 723 AN ACT For the relief of the Sacred Heart Hospital.

Eugene G. Aretz.

5 USC 1121.

CHAPTER 480 June 29, 1956 [S. 530]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Hospit^.*^ Heart of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Sacred Heart Hospital, Havre, Montana, the sum of $5,686.12. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the Sacred Heart Hospital against the United States for hospitalization, treatment, and other services rendered to certain Indians, ninety-two of whom were enrolled Indians from the Rocky Boy's Reservation and the Fort Belknap Agency: 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 29, 1956.

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