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PRIVATE LAW 85-714-AUG. 27, 1958

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money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, (1) to Jane Froman, the sum of $23,403.58, (2) to Gypsy Markoff, the sum of $23,403.58, and (3) to Jean Rosen (formerly the widow of Roy Rognan), the sum of $24,625.30, such sums being the amount which they would have received under the compensatory provisions of the 39 Stat. 742. Federal Employees' Compensation Act if they had been Federal 5 USC 751 note employees at the time of the accident hereinafter referred to in this section. The payment of such sum shall, except as otherwise provided in section 2 of this Act, be in full satisfaction of all claims of the said Jane Froman, Gypsy Markoff, and Jean Rosen arising out of an accident which occurred on or about February 22, 1943, when the Pan American Airways seaplane "Yankee Clipper", on which they were traveling to entertain members of the Armed Forces of the United States, crashed in the Tagus River in the Port of Lisbon, Portugal: Provided, That no part of the amounts 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 claims referred to herein, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. (b) The amounts authorized by subsection (a) may be paid to the said Jane Froman, Gypsy Markoff, and Jean Rosen, respectively, without prejudice to their right to receive such additional amounts, if any, as the Court of Claims hereafter may report to the Congress, in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of this Act, as being legally or equitably due such persons, SEC. 2. The claims referred to in the first section of this Act, toR e f e f f a 1 of claims. gether with any papers, documents, or other information pertaining to such claims which are in possession of any committee of Congress, may be referred by the chairman thereof to the Court of Claims; and the court shall proceed with the same in accordance with the applicable 62stat.941,977. provisions of sections 1492 and 2509 of title 28 of the United States Code and report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, at the earliest practicable date, giving such findings of fact and conclusions thereon as shall be sufficient to inform the Congress of the nature and character of the demand as a claim, legal or equitable, against the United States and the amounts over and above the amounts paid pursuant to the first section of this Act, if any, legally or equitably due from the United States to any such claimants. In considering any claim pursuant to this section, the Court of Claims shall give consideration to any questions of law or fact which may be stated in letters transmitted to the court by the chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives within ninety days after the date of the enactment of this Act. Approved August 27, 1958.

Private Law 85-714 August 27, 1958 [H. R. 5351]

Harlee M. Hans ley.

AN ACT For the relief of Harlee M. Hansley.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Harlee MHansley (first lieutenant. United States Air Force, retired), Miami, Florida, is hereby relieved of all liability to refund to the United States the sum of $14,232.98, less such amount as has been repaid by the claimant. Such sum represents compensation received by the said Harlee M. Hansley as a retired commissioned officer of the United

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