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[70 Stat. 35]
PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1956
[70 Stat. 35]

To S T A T. ]

PRIVATE LAW 587-APR. 9, 1956

Private Law 585

A35 CHAPTER 189

AN ACT

April 6, 1956 [H. R. 1082] lOJ

For the relief of Golcla I. Stegner,

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 Go]da I. Stegner, Minneapolis, Minnesota, the sum of $10,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Golda I. Stegner against the United States for compensation for the injuries and permanent disability which she sustained while serving on Okinawa as a civilian employee of the Department of the Army, as a result of a surgical operation at the Tokyo Army Hospital on August 9, 1951, and in the treatment given her at such hospital following such operation. Such claims are not cognizable under the Federal Tort Claims Act, since they arose in a foreign C9untry: 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 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 April 6, 1956. Private Law 586

62 Stat. 982. 28 USC 2671 aeq.

CHAPTER 190 AN ACT

April 6, 1956 (H. R. 2946]

For the relief of Eugene Dus.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemhJed. That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Eugene Dus, Hamburg, New York, the sum of $1,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Eugene Dus against the United States for damages on account of the loss of his MercedesBenz automobile in Germany after it had been impounded by a representative of the United States Military Government in Germany: 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 wuth 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 April 6, 1956.

Private Law 587

Golda I. Stegner.

Eugene Dus.

CHAPTER 191

AN ACT For the relief of Doctor Lu Ho Tung and his wife, Ching-hsi (nee Tsao) Tung.

^ r i l 9, 1956 [H. R. 1892]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Doctor Lu Ho Tung

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