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PRIVATE LAW 770-JULY 14, 1956

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Private Law 769

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AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Charles C. Phillips.

1956 July 14. 19 [S. 1798]

Be it enacted by the Seriate 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 Mrs. Charles C. Phillips of Vicksburg, Mississippi, the sum of $10,000 as an extraordinary monetary award for special services rendered to the United States by her husband, the late Charles C. Phillips, during June and July 1952, at which time, while employed by the Department of Defense, he was on loan to and rendered outstanding service for a subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee, which subcommittee, following detailed hearings and an intensive study to which Mr. Phillips contributed greatly, recommended and was instrumental in the eventual reduction of the Military and Naval Construction Act of $500,000,000: 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 14, 1956. Private Law 770

Mrs. Charles PhUlips.

C H A P T E R 612 AN ACT For the relief of Winifred A. Hunter.

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 Winifred A. Hunter, of San Antonio, Texas, the sum of $0,500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Winifred A. Hunter against the United States for reimbursement for damage to her personal and household effects sometime between December 7, 1946, and March 7, 1947, at Bilbao, Spain. Such damage was incurred when the said Winifred A. Hunter, while employed as a clerk in the Foreign Service of the Department of State, was transferred from the American Embassy at Managua, Nicaragua, to the American Embassy at Madrid, Spain: 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 July 14, 1956.

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