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PRIVATE LAW 953-AUG. 31, 1954
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required to pay to the United States in discharge of his liability for the loss on July 31, 1952, of certain registered letters containing money order business and stamp sales money in the amount of $607.55 which were placed in his custody for delivery from Contract Station Numbered 2 to the United States post office in Akron, although he had not received appropriate instructions or equipment for the protection of registered mail matter: 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 31, 1954.
Private Law 953 AN ACT For the relief of Arthur S. Rosichan.
August 31, 1954 [H. R. 3522]
Arthur S. Resichan.
CHAPTER 1198
d e it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assenMed, That Arthur S. Rosichan, Buffalo, New York, is hereby relieved of all liability to pay to the United States the sum of $1,935.85, said amount representing sums disbursed by him while he was employed from September 1, 1933, through December 31, 1934, as disbursing agent for the District of Columbia Transient Service of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration. I n the settlement of the accounts of any officer of the United States or the District of Columbia, full credit shall be given for any amount for which liability is relieved by this Act. Approved August 31, 1954, Private Law 954
August 3 1. 1954 [H. R. 3757]
Dorothy K. Nicker son.
CHAPTER 1199
AN ACT For the relief of Dorothy Kilmer Nickerson. 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 funds of the District of Columbia, to Dorothy Kilmer Nickerson, of Washington, District of Columbia, the sum of $15,000, in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States for compensation for injuries received on July 29, 1948, when she was struck by a bullet negligently discharged from the revolver of a District of Columbia policeman, not acting within the scope of his authority, as a result of which she will be paralyzed for life: 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 31, 1954.
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