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PRIVATE LAW 85-168-AUG. 16, 1957

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Private Law 85-166 AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Jane Barnes.

August 14, 1957 [H. R. 6621]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America 171 Congress OMsembled^ That the SecretaryJane of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mrs. Jane Barnes, of 385 Hawthorne Street, Brooklyn, New York, the sum of $150, in full settlement of all claims against the United States. Such sum represents the statutory award of burial expenses of her son, Theodore R. Barnes, a veteran of World W a r II, which she did not receive within the two-year period of the statute of limitations: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act shall be paid or delivered to or received by any a^ent 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.

Barnes.

Private Law 85-167 AN ACT For the relief of Ralph Landolfl.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the one-year limitation of time contained in the first proviso of section 303(d)(1) of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act Amendments of 1949 (63 Stat. 867) is hereby waived in favor of Ralph Landolfi, East Orange, New Jersey, with respect to his claim for compensation under the provisions of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act for injuries alleged to have been sustained on June 17, 1949, while in the performance of his duties as acting assistant superintendent at the United States post office, Roseville Station, Newark, New Jersey, if he files a claim for such compensation with the Bureau of Employees' Compensation, Department of Labor, within sixty days after the date of the enactment of this Act. Approved August 16, 1957.

August 16, 1957 [H. R. 1288]

Ralph Landolfi.

5 USC 790 note.

Private Law 85-168 AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Bertha K. Martensen.

August 16, 1957 \}i. R. 1325]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the ten-year tensen**** ^' **"" period (prescribed in the Act of October 9, 1940 (31 U.S.C., sec. *S4*S"at. loei. 71a)) within which claims against the United States must be filed is hereby waived with respect to the claim of Mrs. Bertha K. Martensen, New Orleans, Louisiana, against the United States for payment of the six-months' death gratuity, and accrued pay and allowances, due her by reason of the death of her son, Victor J. Martensen, if the said Mrs. Bertha K. Martensen files a claim therefor with the General