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[71 Stat. 122]
PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1957
[71 Stat. 122]

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PRIVATE LAW 86-308-SEPT. 4, 1967

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its employees arising out of injuries and property damage suffered by them in an accident involving a United States Post Office vehicle, which occurred on June 28, 1951, in Detroit, Michigan. These claims are not cognizable under the Tort Claims Procedure provided in title 28 of the United States Code: Provided, That the sum authorized by this Act shall not be paid until the beneficiaries have filed evidence with the Secretary of the Treasury that any suit against an employee or employees of the United States in connection with the accident referred to herein has been withdrawn: Provided further, That no part of either of the sums appropriated in this Act shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of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 the claim settled by the payment of such sum, 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 September 4, 1957.

Private Law 85-308 AN ACT For the relief of G. H. Litts.

September 4, 1957 [H. R. 4351]

Q. H. L i t t s.

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 $13,766.21 to G. H. Litts, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for losses sustained under contract numbered DA-36-109-CIV-ENG-56-100, with the Corp of Engineers, for removal of debris in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, following the Eastern States flood of August 18, 19, 1955: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof 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 September 4, 1957.

Private Law 85-309 Septeidber 4, 1957 [H. R. 6868]

Agnes M. Cannon, estate.

AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Agnes Moulton Cannon and for the relief of Clifton L. Cannon, Senior. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of tfie 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, the sum of $9,320.11 to the estate of A^nes Moulton Cannon in full settlement of all claims of that estate against the United States as damages for the wrongful death of the said Agnes Moulton Cannon as the result of an accident involving a United States Army vehicle which occurred on United