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 1398 8 USC 1183.

PRIVATE LAW 87-654-OCT. 15, 1962

[76 STAT.

General, be deposited as prescribed by section 213 of the Immigration and Nationality Act: Provided further, That this exemption shall apply only to a ground for exclusion of which the Department of State or the Department of Justice had knowledge prior to the enactment of this Act. Approved October 15, 1962.

Private Law 87-654 October 15, 1962 [H. R. 10897]

J o s e p h Hammond.

62 Stat. 1240. 50 USC app. 2001 note.

AN ACT For the relief of Joseph Hammond. Be it enacted by the SeTiate and House of Representatives of the United /States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Joseph Hammond, of Whittier, California, the sum of $2,502.50 in full settlement of all his claims against the United States for the payment of prisoner-of-war benefits under the W a r Claims Act of 1948, as amended, by reason of his detention as a prisoner of war by the North Koreans and Chinese Communists in Korea for the period of December 3, 1950, to August 31, 1953, following his capture while fighting in Korea as a member of the United States Army: 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 October 15, 1962.

Private Law 87-655 October 15, 1962 [H. R. 11058]

Carl Adams.

AN ACT For the relief of Carl Adams. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Carl Adams, of Mexico, Missouri, is hereby relieved of liability to the United States in the amount of $550.34, the amount by which he was overpaid as a regular clerk in the postal service during the periods from October 1, 1953, to August 23, 1957, inclusive, and from October 4, 1958, to April 15, 1960, inclusive. Such overpayments were made as a result of an administrative error on the part of the Post Office Department in determining the longevity increases to which he was entitled. In 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 Carl Adams, of Mexico, Missouri, 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

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