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[78 STAT. 1166]
PUBLIC LAW 88-000—MMMM. DD, 1964
[78 STAT. 1166]

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PRIVATE LAW 88-276-AUG. 7, 1964

[78 STAT.

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 August 4, 1964. Private Law 88-276 August 7, 1964 [H. R. 3757]

Witold A. Lanowski.

AN ACT For the relief of Witold A. Lanowski.

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 Witold A. Lanowski, of Surrey, England, the sum of $4,000 in full settlement of his claims for extraordinary services rendered the United States Army Air Force during World W a r II. The said Witold A. Lanowski flew seventynine combat operational missions for the Army Air Corps in Europe while attached to the Sixty-first Fighter Squadron during that period, shot down four German fighter planes, and was decorated by the Army Air Corps with the Air Medal, ten oak leaf clusters in lieu of the Air Medal, and with the Distinguished Flying Cross; however, no compensation has been paid him by the United States or by any other nation for such services, and his application for a commission in the United States Armed Forces was denied on July 14, 1945, by the fourteenth endorsement on such application, on the ground that his services were no longer needed by the United States: Provided, That no part of the amount paid under this Act shall be paid 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 August 7, 1964. Private Law 88-277

August 7, 1964 [H. R. 8479]

Georgette D. Caskie. 70 Stat. 7 4 3. 5 USC 2251 note.

5 USC 2267 note.

AN ACT For the relief of Georgette D. Caskie.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) in the administration of the Civil Service Ketirement Act, Edmund G. Caskie shall be held and considered to have elected a reduced annuity upon his retirement from service as an employee of the Department of State and to have designated his wife. Georgette D. Caskie, to receive an annuity after his death equal to 50 per centum of the annuity which he received. (b) No annuity shall be paid, by reason of the enactment of this Act, for any period prior to the first day of the month in which this Act is enacted. (c) The provisions under the heading " C IV I L SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY F U N D " in title I of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1959 (72 Stat. 1064; Public Law 85-844), shall not apply with respect to benefits resulting from the enactment of this Act. Approved August 7, 1964.