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PRIVATE LAW 872-AUG. 6, 1956

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under such conditions and controls as the Attorney General, after consultation with the Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, may deem necessary to impose: Provided, That a suitable and proper bond or undertaking, approved by the Attorney General, be deposited as prescribed by section 21e3 of the said Act. Approved August 6, 1956.

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CHAPTER 993 AN ACT

August 6, 195(5

For the relief of Frank R. Davis.

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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 Frank R. Davis of Ten Sleep, Wyoming, the sum of $1,229.52. The payment of such sum shall be in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for reimbursement for losses sustained as a result of his failure to secure a contract from the Bureau of Land Management of the Department of the Interior for the building of certain fences, in Big Horn and Washakie Counties, Wyoming, because his bid on such contract, which was mailed and registered at the post office at Ten Sleep, Wyoming, on March 15, 1954, was not dispatched from such post office until March 18, 1954, and was therefore not received by the Bureau of Land Management office in Billings, Montana, in time for consideration in awarding such contract, even though such bid was lower than the successful bid on such contract: 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 August 6, 1956.

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Frank R. Davis.

CHAPTER 994 AN ACT

August 6, 1956

For the relief of William Luke Phalen.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That sections 15 i^^^"'^ ^' ^^''" to 20, inclusive, of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, as *3*9 Stat. 764. amended, are hereby waived in favor of William Luke Phalen of s use 765-770. Bridgeport, Connecticut, anji his claim for compensation for disability resulting from pulmonary tuberculosis alleged to have been contracted while in the performance of his duties as a clerk with the Post Office Department, Postal Transportation Service, Boston, Massachusetts, shall be considered and acted upon under the remaining provisions of such Act in the same manner as if claim had been timely filed, if such claim is filed within ninety days after the date of the enactment of this Act: Provided, That no benefits except medical expenses shall accrue by reason of the enactment of this Act for any period prior to its enactment. Approved August 6, 1956.

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