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PRIVATE LAW 86-216-AUG. 28, 1967

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William Henry Diment and Mrs. Mary Ellen Diment, 242 Grand Avenue, Ely, Cardiff, England, the sum of $5,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of the death of their son, W. H. Diment, as the result of his^^ being shot by a soldier of the United States Army, acting within the scope of his employment as a sentry, at Antwerp, iJelgium, on January" 22, 1946; and to Mrs. Gladys Everingham. individually and as natural guardian of her two minor children, Michael Ronald Everingham and Maureen Everingham, 1 Montrose Avenue, Seymour Street, city of Kingston upon Hull, England, the sum of $12,000, in full settlement oi all claims against the United States on account of the death of her husband. Sergeant Ronald Everingham of the British Army, as the result of his being shot by a soldier of the United States Army acting outside the scope of his employment, at Antwerp, Belgium, on April 27, 1946: 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 agents, or attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, 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. Private Law 85-215 AN ACT For the relief of the A. C. Israel Commodity Company, Incorporated.

August 28f 1957 [H. R. 5/07]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the A.C. United States of America in Congress assembled, That, subject to the modity Israel pCom-, Com any provisions of section 2, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized itnc" and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the A. C. Israel Commodity Company, Incorporated, New York, New York, the sum of $7j582.57. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said company against the United States for reimbursement of the amount paid (under protest) by such company on December 13, 1945, as damages for alleged violation, in connection with the sale by such company of imported chocolate bars, of price regulations established by the Office of Price Administration. SEC. 2. (a) No payment may be made under this Act until the Secretary of the Treasury determines, upon evidence satisfactory to him furnished by the A. C. Israel Commodity Company, that the action filed by the A. C. Israel Commodity Company against the United States of America in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, Civil Action numbered 46-622, has been dismissed by the Plaintiff therein with prejudice. (b) Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as any evidence of liability on the part of the United States in such civil action, and no evidence as to the enactment of this Act, or any legislative action taken with respect thereto, may be received in evidence in such civil action. (c) No part of the amount appropriated by section 1 of 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 subsection shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall befinedin any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved August 28, 1957. 84352 O - 5 8 - 4 9

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