March 21, 1944 [8. 617] [Private Law 246] Homer O. Chap- man. March 22, 1944 [H. B. 2091] [Private Law 247] Mrs. Gladys M. Oreenleaf and estate of Ralph Alton Green- leaf. PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 121 , 122, 125-MAR. 21 , 22, 1944 [58 STAT. troller General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to cancel the indebtedness of Lieutenant Colonel Jason McVay Austin in the amount of $1,688.84 and any and all amounts of per diem allowances and transportation at Government expense, arising out of the fact that for the period from November 21, 1941, to May 31, 1942, he was paid for services rendered by him as an associate production and inventory analyst, War Production Board, and for per diem allowances and was furnished transportation at Government expense, whereas he was a retired officer in the United States Army, the pay- ment of such compensation for civilian employment being in con- travention of section 2 of the Act of July 31, 1894 (28 Stat. 205), as amended by the Act of May 31, 1924 (43 Stat. 245), the Act of July 30, 1937 (50 Stat. 549), and the At of June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1194; 5 U. S . C. 62), prohibiting the appointing of officers of the Army retired for the causes stated therein, to an office, the salary rate or annual compensation of which is in excess of $2,500 per annum. SEC. 2 . The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay to Lieutenant Colonel Jason McVay Austin, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,200, the salary for employment as aforesaid, for the period June 1, 1942, to October 15, 1942, inclusive, withheld and unpaid: Provided,That he shall not receive retirement pay for the period November 21, 1941, to October 15, 1942, inclusive, and any retirement pay heretofore received by him for such period shall be deducted from the said $1,200. Approved March 21, 1944. [CHAPTER 122] AN ACT For the relief of Homer C. Chapman. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That in the adminis- tration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, and benefits upon honorably discharged soldiers, Homer C. Chapman, recruit, infantry unassigned, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been honor- ably discharged from the military service of the United States for disability incurred in the service in line of duty. Approved March 21, 1944. [CHAPTER 125] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Gladys M. Greenleaf and the estate of Ralph Alton Greenleaf, deceased. 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, to Mrs. Gladvs M. Green- leaf, Wakefield, Massachusetts, personally, the sum of $5,000 and to Mrs. Gladys M. Greenleaf, Wakefield, Massachusetts, administratrix of the estate of Ralph Alton Greenleaf, deceased, the sum of $5,754. The payment of such sums shall be in full settlement of all claims of Mrs. Gladys M. Greenleaf and the estate of Ralph Alton Greenleaf on account of personal injuries sustained by Mrs. Gladys M. Greenleaf, the death of her husband, Ralph Alton Greenleaf, resulting from personal injuries, and damage to automobile and funeral expenses, caused by a collision of the automobile of Ralph Alton Greenleaf, in
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