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PRIVATE LAW 87-325-MAR. 3, 1962

[76 STAT.

Private Law 87-325 March 3, 1962 [tt. R. 8625]

Dennis H. O'Grady.

AN ACT For the relief of Dennis H. O'Grady. 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 be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Dennis H. O'Grady of 2 Stones Houses, Blaina, Monmouthshire, Great Britain, the sum of $18,500 in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States arising out of a vehicular accident involving a United States Army truck which occurred on August 18, 1956, near Camp Todendorf, Germany: Provided, That no part of the amount 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 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 simi not exceeding $1,000. Approved March 3, 1962.

Private Law 87-326 March 20, 1962 [H. R. 2990]

Amis Construction Co. San Ore Construction Co.

66 Stat. 647; 67 Stat. 429.

AN ACT

To confer jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to determine the claim against the United States of Amis Construction Company and San Ore Construction Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstanding the lapse of time, laches, or any statute of limitations, jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the United States Court of Claims to hear, determine and render judgment upon the claims of the Amis Construction Company and San Ore Construction Company, joint venturers operating as Amis-San Ore, contractors under contract numbered 25-066-ENG-2T00 for the construction of the north-south runway and adjacent taxiway at Lincoln Air Force Base, Lincoln, Nebraska, for such increased cost as they may have sustained in compliance with an oral request by the Government to expedite the completion of the north-south runway at said air force base so as to advance its completion before the contract completion date, (1) without regard to whether the absence of a written change order or written directive so to do may have placed said contractors in the legal position of having been volunteers for the performance of said work; (2) without regard to the provisions of Public Law 547, Eightysecond Congress, second session, and Public Law 207, Eighty-third Congress, first session, which by identical sections 803, provided that none of the funds appropriated for the construction of said work should be used for the additional cost of expediting the construction of the project, and (3) without regard to whether the contractors administratively pursued their attempts to be paid beyond the denial of their claim by the Corps of Engineers Board of Contract Appeals of the Office of the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army. Approved March 20, 1962.

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