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PRIVATE LAW 85-764-SEPT. 2, 1958

iiection with his employment as a hydrologic field assistant by the Department of the Interior from October 31, 1955, to August 28, 1956, both dates inclusive, in violation of section 2 of the Act of July 31, 1894, as amended (5 V. S. C. 62). In the audit and settlement of the accounts of any certifying or disbursing officer of the United States, full credit shall be given for the amount for which liability is relieved by this Act. Approved September 2, 1958.

43 Stat. 245.

Private Law 85-763 AN ACT For the relief of Ernest T. Stephens. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Ameiica in Congress assembled, That Ernest T. Stephens, of Pensacola, Florida, is relieved of all liability to pay to the United States the sum of $3,894.64, representing reimbursement of gross compensation paid him for work at the United States Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, by the United States Government for the employment period of December 19, 1956, until February 17, 1958: 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 September 2, 1958.

September 2, 1958 [ H. R. 12154]

Ernes Stephens.

Private Law 85-764 AN ACT For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Alto Ross and children and for E. B. Ard and his daughter, Mrs..Joan Ard Nichols.

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, the sum of $5,749 to Alto Ross, of Bainbridge, Georgia; the sum of $1,500 to Mrs. Alto (Audrey) Ross, of Bainbridge, Georgia; the sum of $1,750 to Alto Ross, the natural and legal guardian of Gloria Ann Ross, of Bainbridge, Georgia; the sum of $1,500 to Alto Ross, the natural and legal guardian of Terry Ross, of Bainbridge, Georgia; and the sum of $500 to Alto Ross, the natural and legal guardian of Bobb}^ Nell Ross, of Bainbridge, Georgia; the sum of $2,500 to Joan Ard Nichols (married and now of age), of Bainbridge, Georgia; the sum of $404 to E. B. Ard, of Bainbridge, Georgia, as reimbursement for medical expenses incurred because of injuries to his then minor and unmarried daughter, Joan Ard, in full and final settlement of the claims of the named individuals against the United States, arising out of an accident involving a United States Army vehicle which occurred on United States Highway numbered 84 about four miles west of Bainbridge, Georgia, on October 1, 1954. The operator of the Army vehicle in that accident has been determined not to have been acting within the scope of his employment, and the claims based on the accident are not cognizable under the Federal Tort Claims Act, provisions now set out in

September 2, 1958 [ H. R. 12207]

Alto others.

62 Stat, 982. 28 USC 2671

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