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 71 S T A T. 1

PUBLIC LAW 85-215-AUG. 29, 1957

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Public Law 85-214 AN ACT For the relief of the village of Wauneta, Nebraska. 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 the trustees of the village of Wauneta, Nebraska, the sum of $76,750 or so much thereof as a board of three competent engineers (one of whom shall be named by the Secretary of the Interior, one by said trustees, and one by the other two jointly or, if they fail to agree, by the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit) shall determine is necessary to rectify the adverse effects of the demolition by the United States of the Wauneta Light and Power Company dam on Frenchman Creek on the serviceability of the water supply and storm and sanitary sewer facilities of the villagej to compensate said village for any abnormal costs which were occasioned b^ said demolition and reasonably incurred to maintain such facilities in service from the time of said demolition to the present, and to compensate said village for such like costs as the board finds it may reasonably be expected to incur hereafter during the useful life of the facilities as they existed prior to said demolition or fifty years, whichever is shorter. Said payment shall be made only upon execution by the trustees of a release of the United States from any claim for damages arising from said demolition or from the construction, operation, and maintenance of Enders Dam and Reservoir, which release shall be satisfactory in form and content to the Secretary of the Interior. Each party shall pay the salary and expenses of its member of the board of engineers and one-half the salary and expenses of the third member of said board. Appropriations made to the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, shall be available for the Government's portion of these salaries and expenses. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as an admission by the United States of any liability on its part to the village of Wauneta or to any inhabitant or landowner therein. SEC. 2. No amount in excess of 10 per centum of the amount paid to the village of Wauneta pursuant to this Act shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with its claim, and any such excess payment 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 28, 1957.

August 28, 1957 [S. 364]

Wauneta, Nebr.

Public Law 85-215 AN ACT To provide additional facilities necessary for the administration and training of units of the reserve components of the Armed Forces of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2231(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by changing the semicolon at the end thereof to a comma and adding the words "including troop housing and messing facilities;".

August 29, 1957 [H. R. 7697]

Armed Forces. F a c i l i t i e s for reserve components. 70A Stat. 120.

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