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PRIVATE LAW 85-235-AUG. 29, 1957

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Private Law 85-235 August 29, 1957 [H. R. 3280]

Grace

C.

Hill.

AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Grace C. Hill.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Mrs. Grace C. Hill, of Joppa, Maryland, is hereby relieved of all liability to refund to the United States the sum of $371.81. Such sum represents the amount of certain alleged salary overpayment made to her in connection with a promotion on November 29, 1953, in violation of the socalled Whitten amendment. Such overpayment was made to her while employed by the Army Chemical Center, Maryland, entirely beyond her knowledge and control. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the said Mrs. Grace C. Hill, an amount equal to the aggregate of any amounts which have been made, or withheld from or credited against sums otherwise due her, in complete or partial satisfaction of the claim of the United States for such refund. Approved August 29, 1957. Private Law 85-236

August 29, 1957 [H. R. 3583]

C handler Scott.

R.

AN ACT For the relief of Chandler R. Scott.

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 be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $75 to Chandler R. Scott, of Fresno, California, in full settlement of all claims against the United States. Such sum represents the amount of a United States post office money order purchased at Fort Greeley, Kodiak, Alaska, on August 8, 1942, and lost in plane crash after takeoff for the United States: 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 August 29, 1957.

Private Law 85-237 August 29, 1957 [H. R. 4240]

Cornelias. Roberts.

AN ACT For the relief of Cornelia S. Roberts.

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 Cornelia S. Roberts, Bowie, Maryland, the sum of $3,500. The payment of such sum shall

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