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PRIVATE LAW 7 2 8 - J U N E 29, 1956

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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 tined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved June 29, 1956.

Private Law 728 June 29. 1956 [H. R. 5453]

Robert B. Bickerstaff, estate*

AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Robert Biadford Bickerstaff.

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 is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the estate of Robert Bradford Bickerstaff (a pilot in the United States Army Air Corps wJio died on January 5, 1945), the sum of $6,896.14, plus interest on such sum computed at 6 per centum per annum from September 7, 1950, to the date such sum is paid under this Act. The payment of such sum, plus interest, shall be in full settlement of all claims of such estate against the United States for refund of amounts paid by such estate as income tax and interest under a construction by the Treasury Department of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 which was rejected by the Supreme Court of the United States: 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 jittorney 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 729

'^^'^hU^f F.M. Bryson, e s tate.

CHAPTER 485

CHAPTER 486

AN ACT For the relief of the estate of F. M. Bryson.

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 is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the estate of F. M. Bryson, Raymond, Georgia, who formerly did business as Bryson Planing Mill, the sum of $937.60. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the estate of F. M. Bryson against the United States on account of the failure of the Small Defense Plants Administration to advise the Bryson Planing Mill of the financial condition of the Wood Specialty Manufacturing Company, Suwanee, Georgia, prior to the shipment of lumber to the latter company as directed by the Small Defense Plants Administration: 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 29, 1956.

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