rendered in connection with these claims, 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 May 10, 1956.

(See Cong. 6-52; 131 C. Cls. 245.)

PRIVATE LAW 655-84TH CONGRESS

CHAPTER 306-2D SESSION

H. R. 8187

AN ACT

For the relief of Wright H. Huntley.

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 Wright H. Huntley, Bishop, California, a sum consisting of $20,147.27, representing the amount reported by the United States Court of Claims to the Congress in response to H. Res. 255, Eighty-third Congress (congressional numbered 2-53, decided November 8, 1955), to be the amount agreed to by the United States and the said Wright H. Huntley of losses of the said Wright H. Huntley against the United States as a result of mining operation restrictions by the Government, during the period beginning June 10, 1944, and ending February 21, 1946, in the operation of the Huntley Talc Mine, Saline Valley, Inyo County, California, as a result of the establishment by the United States of the Saline Valley Aerial Gunnery Range which included such mine and certain roads leading thereto: 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 May 18, 1956.

(See 133 C. Cls. 226.)

PRIVATE LAW 662-84TH CONGRESS

CHAPTER 315-2D SESSION

H. R. 6706

AN ACT

For the relief of Gay Street Corporation, Baltimore, Maryland. 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 Gay Street Corporation, of Baltimore, Maryland, the sum of $3,145.94, representing the amount reported by the Court of Claims to the Congress in response to H. Res. 566, Eighty-second Congress (Congressional Numbered 3–52, order entered January 11, 1955), to be the amount agreed to by the United States and the said Gay Street Corporation, of Baltimore, Maryland, as constituting a full settlement of all past and future claims of the said Gay Street Corporation, of Baltimore, Maryland, against the United States with respect to a lease entered into on October 1, 1946, between the said Gay Street Corporation, of Baltimore, Maryland, and the War Assets Administration, an agency of the United States, and all other claims within the scope of H. R. 2779, Eighty-second Congress: 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 May 19, 1956.

(See 130 C. Cls. 341.)

PRIVATE LAW 665-84TH CONGRESS

CHAPTER 322-2D SESSION

H. R. 2893

AN ACT

To confer jurisdiction upon the United States Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Graphic Arts Corporation of Ohio, of Toledo, Ohio.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of the Graphic Arts Corporation of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio, as to the liability of the United States, if any, either legal or equitable, for losses alleged to have been sustained by the said Graphic Arts Corporation of Ohio as the result of the performance of a contract, Numbered W33-038ac 2023, dated April 17, 1944, entered into with the United States Army Air Corps.

SEC. 2. Notwithstanding any statute of limitations or lapse of time, suit upon such claim may be instituted by the claimant within one year after the date of enactment of this Act. Proceedings for the determination of such claim and review thereof, and payment of any judgment thereon, shall be had as in the case of claims over which such court has jurisdiction under section 1491 of title 28 of the United States Code.

SEC. 3. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as an inference of liability on the part of the United States Government.

Approved May 24, 1956.

PRIVATE LAW 68484TH CONGRESS

CHAPTER 372-2D SESSION

H. R. 3054

AN ACT

For the relief of Allen Pope, his heirs or personal representatives. 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, to Allen Pope, his heirs or personal representatives, the sum of $40,000, which sum represents payment at contract rate, as authorized by the Act of February 27, 1942 (56 Stat. 1122), for the work of excavating materials which caved in over the tunnel arch during work performed by said Pope in the construction of a tunnel for the second high service of the water supply of the District of Columbia, for which he has not been paid, but of which the Government has received the use and benefit. Such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States in connection with this contract: 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 June 4, 1956.

(See 100 C. Cls. 375; 104 C. Cls. 496; 323 U. S. 1; 326 U. S. 780.)