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PRIVATE LAW 799-JULY 24, 1956

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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 24, 1956.

Private Law 798

CHAPTER 703 AN ACT For the relief of Charles A. Barron.

j ^ y 24, 1956 [H. R. 3733.1

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Charles A. Barron, Rising Sun, Maryland, is hereby relieved of all liability to refund to the United States the sum of $864.96. Such sum represents the amount of overpayment of basic compensation received in good faith by him from the United States as a result of his indefinite appointment on December 10, 1951, in contravention of existing law and regulations, to the position of ordnance inspector (general), grade GS-7, Office of the Naval Inspector of Ordnance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the audit and settlement of the accounts of any disbursing officer of the United States, full credit shall be given for the amount of such overpayment. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the said Charles A. Barron a sum equal to the aggregate of any amounts which may have been paid by him, or withheld from amounts otherwise due him, in complete or partial satisfaction of the claim of the United States for the refund of such overpayment. Approved July 24, 1956. Private Law 799

Charles A. Barron.

CHAPTER 704 AN ACT For the relief of Onie Hack.

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 Onie Hack, Mount Clemens, Michigan, the sum of $352.48. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Onie Hack against the United States for payment of wages due him on account of services performed in 1951 as an employee of the Inland Waterways Corporation, Payment of such wages was denied the said Onie Hack because of the fact that, on August 28, 1951, he was involved in a work stoppage on the steamer Illinois (a vessel owned by such Corporation) which allegedly constituted a strike against 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 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 (his Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved July 24, 1956.

July 24, 1956 __2iJ^li££!I_ Onie Hack.

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