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PRIVATE LAW 88-82-OCT. 16, 1963
[77 STAT.
Private Law 88-82 October 16, 1963 [H. R. 3219]
Edwin and Bruce Bennett.
AN ACT To provide for the payment of a reward as an expression of appreciation to Edwin and Bruce Bennett. Be it enacted by the Semite and House of Representatives of the United States of Amerwa 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 Edwin Bennett, of Sunderhmd, Massachusetts, the sum of $50, and to his brother, Bruce Bennett, of Sunderland, Massachusetts, the sum of $50. The payment of such sums is made in recognition of the honesty and integrity displayed by the said Edwin Bennett and Bruce Bennett when, on September 8, 1959 (being then twelve and seven years of age respectively), they found and turned over to the proper authorities certain bonds, cash, and other valuables which had been hidden by a deceased recluse who died in 1950 leaving his entire estate to the United States, and as an expression of grateful appreciation by the United States Government, which received approximately $1,200 as a result of their action. Approved October 16, 1963. Private Law 88-83
October 16. 1963 [H. R. 3450]
Herbert B. Shorter, Sr. 54 Stat. 1061. 31 USC 71a.
AN ACT For the relief of Herbert B. Shorter, Senior. Be it enacted by the SenMe and House of Representatives of the 1United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstandj ing the limitations contained in the Act of October 9, 1940 (31 Stat, sec. 71a), or in any other limiting statute, the application made by i Herbert B. Shorter, Senior, of Pompano Beach, Florida, received by the General Accounting Office on April 29, 1957, for additional retainer pay for the period from February 1, 1940, to April 28, 1947, for United States Navy Fleet Eeserve service shall be held and considered to have been timely filed and the Comptroller General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to consider that claim and pay any amount found due the said Herbert B. Shorter, Senior, for the period covered by the claim. Approved October 16, 1963. Private Law 88-84
October 16, 1963 [H. R. 3843]
Wallace J. Knerr.
AN ACT For the relief of Wallace J. Knerr. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That Wallace J. Knerr, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is relieved of liability to pay to the United States the sum of $203,99, representing the aggregate amount of salary overpayments received by him from the United States Post Office Department during the period beginning June 28, 1958, and ending October 28, 1960, which overpayments were made as a result of administrative error. In the audit and settlement of the accounts of any certifying or disbursing officer of the United States, full credit shall be given for the amount for which liability is relieved by this Act.
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