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PRIVATE LAW 93-42-DEC. 12, 1973

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Sergeant Eugene J. ]Mikulenka's receipt of his Regular Army retired pay; and (c) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to refund to Master Sergeant Eugene J. ^likulenka any sums heretofore withheld from his retired pay by virtue of his election to receive the benefits under chapter 81 of title 5. United States Code. ^ 8° Stat. 532; SEC. 2. No part of any amount paid in accordance with the first 5 USC sio'i. section of this Act 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 such claims, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved December 12, 1973. Private Law 93-41 AN ACT

For the relief of James E. Fry, Junior, and Margaret E. Fry.

December 12, 1973

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstand- James E. ing the provisions of clause (1) of section (b) of title 10, United Margir'^t^E. Fry. States Code, or any regulation promulgated thereunder, the Secre- ^JOA Stat. 153; Stat. tary of the Army is authorized to receive, consider, settle, and pay 7210 u s e1461. 2733. any claim filed under such section by James E. Fry, Junior, and ]Margaret E. F r y of Brighton, Colorado, within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the said James E. Fry, Junior, and Margaret E. F r y having allegedly suffered damage to their property in 1966 as the result of the contamination of a stream, running under the land of the said James E. Fry, Junior, and Margaret E. Fry, by chemical waste disposed of by personnel at the Eocky Mountain Arsenal in Colorado. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as an inference of liability on the part of the United States. Approved December 12, 1973. Private Law 93-42 AN ACT

For the relief of Manuel 11. Silva. Be it enacted' by the Senate and House of Represcntat/veti 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 Manuel H. SiLa, of New Ipswich, New Hampshire, the sum of $6,240, in compensation for the loss of certain pigs during a cholera outbreak. This compensation would normally be available under Federal law, but in this case extremely bad weather, including a major snowstorm, prevented the necessary inspection for seven days, during which time one hundred and fifty-six of the infected animals had died, rendering the loss ineligible for compensation to that extent.

December 12, 1973

[H. R. 4175] Manuei H.suva.

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