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PRIVATE LAW 746-JULY 9, 1956

Private Law 746 [uly 9, 1956 [H. R. 909]

Charles O.Ferry and others.

Mr. and Mrs.Clar* ence M. Augustine.

54 Stat. 1008. 38 USC 818.

CHAPTER 545

AN ACT For the relief of Charles O. Ferry and other employees of the Alaska Road Commission.

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 hereby authorized and directed to pay out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the persons enumerated below the sums specified, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States, as reimbursement for personal effects destroyed as a result of the fire which occurred on January 11, 1953, at the Alaska Road Commission camp at Johnson River, Alaska: Charles O. Ferry, $275.50; Stanley R. Buck, $1,239; Ray P. Cady, $150.85; and Arthur T. Hartman, $65. SEC. 2. No part of the amounts 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 tnese claims, 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 July 9, 1956. Private Law 747

July 9, 1956 [H. R. i?^3j

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CHAPTER 546

AN ACT Yov the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence M. Augustine.

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 Mr, and Mrs. Clarence M. Augustine, of Natick, Massachusetts, the sum of $10,000, representing the amount which the said Mr. and Mrs. Clarence M. Augustine would have received, as beneficiaries under a policy of national service life insurance in the amount of $10,000, if George Augustine, United States Navy, deceased son of the said Mr. and Mrs. Clarence M. Augustine, had applied for and been granted such policy under the provisions of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, had paid premiums, and had designated the said Mr. and Mrs. Clarence M. Augustine as beneficiaries of such policy. The death of the said George Augustine in the Naval Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, seventeen days after he reported for duty with the United States Navy, did not permit registry of application for such policy: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act shall be paid or delivered to or received by any a^ent 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 July 9, 1956.

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