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PRIVATE LAW 89-7-JUNE 14, 1965

[79 STAT.

Private Law 89-7 June 14, 1965 [H. R. 2299]

Robert L. Y a t e s and others.

AN ACT j.^^j. j.jjg relief of Robert L. Yates and others.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RepresentatlveH of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the employees or former employees of the Department of Defense in the Messenger Service Branch, Brookley Air Force Base, Alabama, named in this section are respectively relieved of liability to the United States for certain overpayments of salary made to them as a result of administrative error during the period from May 29, 1960, through December 2, 1961. The net amounts of such overpayments (exclusive of payroll deductions for civil service retirement and Government service life insurance) were as follows: Robert L. Yates, $675.07; PMmond E. Skidmore, $796.86; Prester L. Simmons, $676.75; Sidney Sa,wyerj $675.07; Joe Davis, Junior, $764.83; Eugene C. Fortune, Junior, $677.45; Ludy Anderson, $678.77; James F. Copeland, $675.07; Clarence A. Baker, $659.49; and Samuel G. Crawford, $271.63. 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 oi any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to each person named in the first section, 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 claim of the United States for refund of the amount specified in the first section: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act for the payment of any one claim shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with such 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 June 14, 1965. Private Law 89-8

June 14, 1965 [H. R. 3051]

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Orchards, Inc.

^ ^ ^^"^ Yox the relief of Vermont Maple Orchards, Incorporated, Burlington, Vermont.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to settle and adjust the claim of the Vermont Maple Orchards, Incorporated, Burlington, Vermont, arising out of participation in the Saint Eriks Fair, Stockholm, Sweden, during the summer of 1963. An amount not to exceed $2,671.21 may be allowed in full and final settlement of the claim. There is appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of $2,671.21 for payment of said claim: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof

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