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PRIVATE LAW 87-479-JULY 27, 1962

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Merrill, of San Jose, California, and his claim for detention benefits as the surviving son of Frank S. Merrill (Foreign Claims Settlement Commission claim numbered 121775) under sucTi section 5 is hereby authorized and directed to be acted upon under such Act if filed with the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission within six months after the date of enactment of this Act. Approved July 27, 1962.

Private Law 87-479 July 27, 1962

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For the relief or Lefil A. Suns.

Lecii A.Sims.

Be if enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,. That Lecil A. Sims, of Delta, Alabama, is hereby relieved of liability to the United States in the amount of $1,561.00, the amount by which he was overpaid, through administrative error, during the period from June 22, 1958, through March 12, 1960, as an employee of the Refrigeration Unit, Post Engineers, Fort McClellan, Alabama. I n the audit and settlement of the accounts of any certifying or disbursing officer of the United States, credit shall be given for any amount for which liability is relieved by this Act. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Lecil A. Sims, an amount equal to the aggregate of the amounts paid by him, or withheld from sums otherwise due him, in complete or partial satisfaction of the liability to the United States specified in the first section: 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 July 27, 1962.

Private Law 87-480 July 27, 1962 [H. R. 9599]

^^^ ^ ^ ' ^ For the relief of Solomon Annenberg.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Solomon Annen- United Stotes of America in Congress assembled,, That the Adminis*'®'^trator of Veterans' Affairs shall pay, out of current appropriations available for the furnishing of prosthetic appliances, to Solomon Annenberg, of Naugatuck, Connecticut (Veterans' Administration claim numbered C-21497050), the sum of $650, as reimbursement for the cost of an artificial linibprocured by him after the Veterans' Administration had erroneously refused to furnish him an artificial limb to which he was entitled: 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 bs unlawful, any contract to the

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