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PRIVATE LAW 85-406-MAY 29, 1958

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tofore made available for the eradication of the disease vesicular exanthema in swine, to Valleydale Packers, Incorporated, of Bristol, Virginia, the sum of $2,569.91, an amount equal to that heretofore paid to Valleydale Packers, Incorporated, by the State of Virginia. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of Valleydale Packers, Incorporated, against the United States arising out of the destruction of swine at its plant in Bristol, Virginia, in January 1953, because of the infection and exposure of these swine to the contagious disease, vesicular exanthema. Such swine were destroyed by order of the Department of Agriculture of the State of Virginia, cooperating with the United States Department of Agriculture, under an agreement whereby such losses were to be indemnified on the basis of 50 per centum by the State and 50 per centum by the United States: Provided, That no part of the amount paid to Valleydale Packers, Incorporated, under authority 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 Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved May 29, 1958.

Private Law 85-406 AN ACT May 29, 1958 [H. R. 9991] Felix Garcia.

For the relief of Felix Garcia.

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 shall pay, out of money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Felix Grarcia, of Barrio Naranjito, Hatillo, Puerto Kico, the sum of $204.65, in settlement of all claims arising out of a vehicular collision in Puerto Rico, on April 21, 1941, involving a United States Army vehicle and a truck owned by Mr. Garcia. 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 May 29, 1958.

Private Law 85-407 May 29, 1958 -LJ—!: .—

AN ACT For the relief of J a m e s R. M a r t i n and others.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the «. ^*MartiV^^d ^^*^^^ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary R othersr' ^" °" of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any nioney in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the following disbursing officers and former disbursing officers of the United States Navy the amounts listed opposite their names. The amounts listed represent moneys paid from their personal funds to liquidate deficiencies incurred in t^ieir accounts, which deficiencies were not as a result of bad faith or lack of due care on their part:

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