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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 448-450-OCT. 16, 1941 [55 STAT. Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, October 16, 1941. [CHAPTER 449] October 18, 1941 [s. 16081 [Private Law 174] The Neal Storage Company. Payment to. Proviso. AN ACT For the relief of The Neal Storage Company. 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 $24 to The Neal Storage Company, of Cleveland, Ohio, in full satisfaction of its claim against the United States for damages incurred as a result of the cancelation on June 27, 1940, by the Bituminous Coal Division, Department of the Interior, 501 Bulkley Building, Cleveland, Ohio, of its order for three trucks to be furnished by The Neal Storage Company for the purpose of moving and trans- porting certain office furniture and equipment of said Bituminous Coal Division, Department of the Interior: 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 at- torney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwith- standing. 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, October 16, 1941. [CHAPTER 450] AN ACT Octo[ber 16 1941 To authorize the payment of certain claims of employees of the Bureau of Recla- [Private Law 175] mation arising out of loss of tools destroyed by fire at Parker Dam, Arizona. Bureau of Reclama- tion. Payments to desig- nated employees. ProVw. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to pay, out of any moneys appropriated for construction of the Parker Dam power project, Arizona, as compensation to the following employees of the Bureau of Reclamation for loss of their tools in a fire which destroyed the warehouse and shop building maintained by the Bureau of Reclama- tion at Parker Dam, Arizona, on June 28, 1940: To James E. Barrett, the sum of $150; to John Johnston, the sum of $172.58; to Richard C. Hudson, the sum of $5.90; to Thomas H. Dieu, the sum of $55.12; to Hugh S. Watters, the sum of $257.18; to Nick Latkovich, the sum of $78.53; to Andrew E. Lofstedt, the sum of $83.98; to John W. Stone, the sum of $127.50; to Allen L. Jones, the sum of $158.82; to Tonie L. Ellerkamp, the sum of $251.39; to Arnie A. Nyholm, the sum of $12.68; to John W. Alewine, the sum of $10.95; to Homer B. Coleman, the sum of $56.75; and to Graham Kiehl, the sum of $137.81: 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 con- tract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the pro- visions 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, October 16, 1941. 960