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PRIVATE LAW 87-306-FEB. 21, 1962

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Private Law 87-305 AN ACT For the relief of George B. Olmstead. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That George B. Olmstead is hereby relieved of all liability for repayment to the United States of the sum of $1,866,40, representing overpayment of compensation he received, through administrative error, ais an employee of the Department of the Air Force, Air Force Technical Applications Center, Headquarters, United States Air Force, in the period between July 13, 1958, and November 12, 1960. 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 George B. Olmstead, the sum of any amounts received or withheld from him on account of the overpayment referred to in the first section of this Act. Approved February 16, 1962.

February 16, 1962 [H. R. 8779]

George B. Olmstead.

Private Law 87-306 AN ACT For the relief of the Houston Belt and Terminal Railway Company.

February 21, 1962 [H. R. 6013]

Be It enacted by the Semite and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Houston Belt the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the ^^^ Terminal Ran Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Houston Belt and Terminal Railway Company the sum of $28,614.16. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Houston Belt and Terminal Railway Company against the United States for reimbursement for actual expenses borne by such company for alteration of its bridge 3.62 over Brays Bayou in Houston, Harris County, Texas, which alteration was made in connection with the improvement of Brays Bayou for flood-control purposes and for which amount such company has not otherwise been reimbursed, and if Houston Belt and Terminal Railway Company had not made such bridge alteration, such alteration would have been made subsequently at the expense of the United States as a part of its flood-control project which included the improvement of Brays Bayou; and such bridge alteration inured to the benefit of the United States in subsequently carrying out such flood-control project which it approved and authorized: 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 February 21, 1962.

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