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PRIVATE LAW 85-115-AUG. 13, 1957

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Private Law 85*113 ^^ ACT For the relief of Edwin K. Fernandez.

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 $1,910.40 to Edwin K. Fernandez, of 1094 South King Street, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, to compensate him for the loss of property loaned to the Department of the Army in August 1943: 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 ^ i l t y of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved August 13, 1957.

August 13, 1957 [H. R. 3276]

E d w i n K. Fernandez.

Private Law 85-114 • ^ ACT For the relief of Mrs. Mary Jane Russell.

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 Mrs. Mary Jane Russell, Casscoe, Arkansas, the sum of $2,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mary Jane Russell against the United States arising out of the failure of the Department of the Army to forward to the Armed Forces Mutual Life Insurance Company, San Antonio, Texas, premiums under a class E allotment from the pay account of her son, Ernest L. Buchanan, RA17235639, who died while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States in Korea. Such premiums were intended to be applied on a life insurance policy issued by that company to the said Ernest L. Buchanan who designated his mother, Mrs. Mary Jane Russell, as sole beneficiary: 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 August 13, 1957.

August 13, 1957 [H. R. 3572]

Mary Jane Russell.

Private Law 85-115 ^^ ^^'^ For the relief of Louis S. Thomas and D. Grace Thomas.

August 13, 1957 [H. R. 7213]

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

Louis S. Thomas aitd wife.