Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 76.djvu/1421

 76

STAT.]

PRIVATE LAW 87-590-OCT. 5, 1962

1373

Private Law 87-589 AN ACT

October 5, 1962

For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Beaver and Sergeant and Mrs. Cecil P. Fisher.

[H. R. 7708]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Mr. and Mrs. of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in ^^''^^^ Beaver. the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Beaver, of Queen City, Texas, jointly, the sum of $10,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Beaver against the United States arising out of the accidental death of their infant child during May 1950, in the Fifteenth Evacuation Hospital in Numberg, Germany: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this section 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. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorizexi and directed to sgt. and Mrs. pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, ^^'^^^ P- Fisher. to Sergeant and Mrs. Cecil P. Fisher of Fort Bliss, Texas, jointly, the sum of $10,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Sergeant and Mrs. Cecil P. Fisher against the United States arising out of the accidental death of their infant child during May 1950, in the Fifteenth Evacuation Hospital in Nurnberg, Germany: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this section 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. Approved October 5, 1962. Private Law 87-590 ^ ^

^ ^ ^

For the relief of Lieutenant Commander Joseph P. Mannix.

October 5, 1962

[H. R. 9603]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstand- Lt. comdr. ing the fact that Lieutenant Commander Joseph P. Mannix (1893), J°seph p. Mannix. United States Coast Guard, retired, is indebted to the United States in the amount of $13,324, because of overpayment of retired pay in the period from February 1, 1957, to September 30, 1961, inclusive, as the result of administrative error on the part of the Government, the Secretary of the Treasury shall only require a repayment or a withholding from amounts otherwise due Lieutenant Commander Joseph P. Mannix of that amount, if any, which will not impose undue or inequitable hardships upon him. I n the audit and settlement of the accounts of any certifying or disbursing officer of the United States, credit shall be given for the full amount of liability in the amount of $13,324 resulting from the overpayment of retired pay referred to in this Act. Approved October 5, 1962.

�