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PRIVATE LAW 89-227-MAR. 17, 1966

[80 STAT.

Private Law 89-227 March 17, 1966 [H. R. 5973]

Edwin F. Hower.

AN ACT For the relief of Edwin F. Hower. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representathes of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Edwin F. Hower, of College Park, Maryland, is hereby relieved of liability to the United States in the amount of $1,221.44, the amount of salary retention payments made to him, because of an administrative error, while he was an employee of the Department of the Interior in the period beginning May 10, 1961, and ending January 2, 1965. 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 said Edwin F. Howler, an amount equal to the aggregate of the amounts paid by him, or withheld from sums otherwise due him, with respect to the liability to the United States specified in the first section. 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 March 17, 1966.

Private Law 89-228 March 17, 1966 [H. R. 7667]

Donald F„ FarrelL

AN ACT For the relief of Donald F. Farrell. 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 is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $134.10 to Donald F. Farrell of Stoughton, Massachusetts, in full settlement of his claims against the United States for the amount he paid in satisfaction of the judgment rendered against him on October 10, 1963, in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts in Civil Action No. 61-787-C, based upon an accident which occurred on January 30, 1961, in Brockton, Massachusetts, involving a Government car driven by the said Donald F. Farrell while performing his duties as an employee of the Geological Survey of the United States Department of the Interior. 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 March 17, 1966.

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