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[70 Stat. 67]
PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1956
[70 Stat. 67]

70

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PRIVATE LAW 654-MAY 18, 1956

States Navy, $9; Lieutenant Oscar William Levy, Supply Corps, United States Navy, $28.58; Lieutenant Robert Charles Lyons, Supply Corps, United States Navy, $128.96; Lieutenant Fred A. McCuan, Supply Corps, United States Navy, $300; Lieutenant (junior grade) Louis G. Pierce, Supply Corps, United States Naval Reserve, $104.27; Ensign Max B. Reed, Supply Corps, United States Navy, $98.50; Ensign Robert Lee Rigel, Supply Corps, United States Naval Reserve, $100; estate of Captain John Manning Speissegger, Supply Corps, United States Naval Reserve, $100.10; Ensign James M. Waters, Supply Corps, United States Naval Reserve, $50; Ensign Franklin C. Wright, Supply Corps, United States Naval Reserve, $78; Lieutenant Robert C. Zell, Supply Corps, United States Navy, $19.50. SEC. 2. The relief herein authorized in no way shall bar recovery from the payees or beneficiaries of the amounts improperly received by them. Approved May 18, 1956. Private Law 653

CHAPTER 304 AN ACT For the relief of Frank G. Gerlock.

May 18, 1956 [H. R. 7114]

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 Frank G. Gerlock, 14845 Garden Drive, Miami, Florida, the sum of $929.65, in full satisfaction and final settlement of his claim against the United States for destruction of his household goods and personal effects as the result of being inundated and smashed while being transported by the Government in shipment from Trieste, Italy, to Avon Park, Florida, incident to his change of station while on active duty in the Army of the United States, such amount being in addition to the amount of $2,500 already administratively paid to him under the provisions of the Military Personnel Claims Act of 1945, as amended (31 U.S.C. 222c): 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 wich 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 May 18, 1956.

Private Law 654

F r a n k G. G e r lock.

59 Stat. 225.

CHAPTER 305

AN ACT To direct the Secretary of the Interior to grant an extension of time to the Matanuska Valley Lines, Incorporated, and to Kussell Swauli and Joe Blackard within which to apply for patent to certain lands in Alaska.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, if the Secretary of the Interior finds that the Matanuska Valley Lines, Incorporated, pursuant to its certificate of conditional purchase issued on August 20, 1951, for tracts 1,2, 3, and 4 of block 27 of the east addition to the original townsite of Anchorage, Alaska, and tract 7 of block

May 18, 1956 [H. R. 7513]

Matanuska V a l ley L i n e s, I n c.