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Volume 68

Private Law 83–935

For the relief of the estate of Reverend Pang Wha Il.

Approved August 31, 1954

Statutory text

AN ACT

For the relief of the estate of Reverend Pang Wha Il.

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 the estate of Reverend Pang Wha Il, deceased, the sum of $10,000, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for compensation for the death of the said Reverend Pang Wha Il, sustained on December 10, 1952, as a result of having been severely assaulted by a second lieutenant in the Army of the United States while such second lieutenant was leading a raiding party in the village of Dong Chang Ri in Korea: 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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