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PRIVATE LAW 85-340-SEPT. 7, 1967

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for damages from burns received by her when a fire of unknown origin occurred on April 5, 1947, in Alcott Hall in the District of Columbia, a temporary barracks owned and operated by the United States, and there being no showing of tort negligence on the part of the United States which would bring the claim within the purview of the Federal Tort Claims Act, as amended: Provided, That no f| %f^ jen mt 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 September 7, 1957.

Private Law 85-339 AN ACT

September 7, 1957

For the relief of Madame Henriette Buaillon and Stanley James Carpenter.

CH. R. 7014]

Be it emwted l>y the Senate and House of Representatives of the Henri United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary lon andette Eluall_ Stanley J. of the Treasury shall pay, out of money in the Treasury not otherwise caipenter appropriated, to Madame Henriette Buaillon, of 26 Eue Lucien Vallee, Petit Quevilly, Seine Maritime, France, the sum of $2,421, in settlement of all claims for damages arising out of the death of her son, Andre Achille Buaillon, as a result of an accidental shooting on May 4, 1945, in Zeitz, Germany; and to Stanley James Carpenter, of Solsbanksgatan 41, Goteborg, Sweden, the sum of $256, m settlement of all claims for damages arising out of an incident in Unterammergau, Germany, on August 5, 1950, involving him and enlisted personnel of the United States Army. SEC. 2. Notwithstanding any contract no part of the amounts 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 such claim. Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $1,000. Approved September 7, 1957. Private Law 85-340 -^^ A^'^

For the relief of Richard M. Taylor and Lydia Taylor.

September 7, 1957

'[H. R. 7654]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary a^^tif^'!***^^^^°' of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Richard M. Taylor and Lydia Taylor the sum of $62,500, in full settlement of their claims against the United States as a result of the retention by the United States of a deposit made in connection with the proposed but unconsummated sale of the Scullin Steel Company, Plancor Number 1672: Provided, That no part of the sum 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 the claim settled by the payment of such sum, and

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