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PRIVATE LAW 751-JULY 9, 1956

Private Law 751 Tuly 9. 1956 [H. R. 5 526] Mrs> Kathryn M. Baker.

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CHAPTER 550

AN ACT p^j. jjjg ^.gjjgf ^^f j|j.g Kathryn M. Baker.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of AnMrica in Congress assembled. That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in th^ Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mrs, Kathryn M. Baker, of Bethel Island, California, the sum of $691.20. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Kathryn M. Baker against the United States on account of the death of her former husband. Staff Sergeant James C. Sipes (serial number 37282567), who was killed in action on June 10, 1944: 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 July 9, 1956. Private Law 752

July 9, 1956

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CHAPTER 551

AN ACT For the relief of Doctor V/olodyniyr Fedyniak and others.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemMed^ That, notwithstanding the provision contained in the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1952, approved November 1, 1951 (65 Stat. 736), prohibiting the payment of compensation from appropriations contained in that or any other Act to officers or employees who are not citizens of the United States, the Comptroller General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to allow credit in the settlement of disbursing officers' accounts and to relieve certifying officers of liability for such payments for services rendered by the following former employees of the United States Department of Agriculture: Doctor Wolodymyr Fedyniak, Doctor Wladyslaw Albert Grajewski, Ivan Kuidych, Sam Popiel Oleskowicz, Vladimir J. Pelenskyj, Petro Pshyk, and Bohdan Tkaczuk. SEC. 2. Where credit is allowed in disbursing officers' accounts or where certifying officers are relieved of liability*in accordance with section 1 of this Act, the former employees receiving the payments shall not be required to refund the amounts thereof, and any such amounts which have been collected from such former employees shall be refunded to them. SEC. 3. Any former employee named in section 1 of this Act who rendered service during the period November 1, 1951, through February 29, 1952, without being compensated therefor on account of the citizenship prohibition cited in section 1 hereof shall be paid for suph services out of current appropriations or funds otherwise available for salaries and expenses. Approved July 9, 1956.

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