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[71 Stat. 49]
PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1957
[71 Stat. 49]

71 S T A T. ]

PRIVATE LAW 85-124-AUG. U, 1957

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Private Law 85-122 AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Jennie B. I'rescott.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the one-year time limitation upon the filing of applications for waiver of premiums contained in the last proviso of the fourth sentence of section 602 (n) of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940 is hereby waived with respect to any application for waiver of premiums on national service life insurance policy numbered N-17603908 (issued on the life of Hobert E. Prescott, Veterans' Administration claim numbered XC-9016903) filed by Mrs. Jennie B. Prescott within the one-year period which begins on the date of enactment of this Act. Any payments made pursuant to such application shall be paid from the national service life insurance appropriation. Approved August 14, 1957.

August 14, 195 [H. R. 4730]

Jennie B. Prescott. 54 Stat. 1011. 38 USC 802.

Private Law 8S-123 AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. M. E. Shelton Pruitt.

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 be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $150 to Mrs. M. E. Shelton Pruitt, of Santo, Texas, in full settlement of all claims against the United States. Such sum represents the amount she would have been entitled for funeral allowance of her son, Olin Shelton, X C - 1 299 938, who died on June 26, 1953, and claim for funeral allowance was not made within the two years subsequent to the date of the veteran's burial: 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 August 14, 1957.

August 14, 1957 [H. R. 485 1]

Mrs. M. E. Shelton Pruitt.

Private Law 85-124 AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Higa Kensai.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress a^xeinbled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the estate of Higa Kensai, deceased, of Naha Shi, Okinawa, the sum of $1,500, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for compensation for the death of Higa Kensai, sustained on March 16, 1952, as a result of a criminal assault by an enlisted man of the Army of the United States while Higa Kensai, acting in his capacity as assistant police inspector, Ryukyus Police Department, was attempt-

August 14, 1957 [H. R. 5220]

Higa Kensalf e s tate.