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56 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 102 , 103, 109-FEB. 20 , 21, 1942 SEC. 3. The Comptroller General of the United States is authorized and directed to allow credit in the accounts of Cecil M. P. Cross, former special disbursing agent, Treasury Department, for sums aggregating not to exceed $26.39, representing items disallowed in his accounts. SEC. 4. The Comptroller General of the United States is authorized and directed to allow credit in the accounts of Will S. Wood, former special disbursing agent, Bureau of Narcotics, for a sum not to exceed $2.70, representing the unpaid balance of an item disallowed in his accounts. Approved, February 20, 1942. {CHAPTER 103] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Anna M. Paul 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 Mrs. Anna M. Paul, of Washington, North Carolina, the sum of $275. Such sum shall be in full settlement of her claim against the United States for fees for services rendered as conciliation commissioner of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of North Carolina during the period July 15, 1939, to June 3, 1940, which payment has been denied due to the fact that during the same period she was holding office as a regularly appointed United States com- missioner and that such dual employment was in contravention of the statutory provisions of section 35 of the Bankruptcy Act of July 1, 1898, as amended June 22, 1938 (52 Stat. 857; 11 U. S. C. 63), and section 75 of said Act, as added by the Act of March 3, 1933 (47 Stat. 1470; 11 U. S . C. 203): 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, February 20, 1942. [CHAPTER 109] AN ACT For the relief of Libby, McNeill and Libby. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- troller General of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to settle and adjust the claim of Libby, McNeill and Libby, for the value of certain electrical equipment, consisting of a Westinghouse rotary converter and a Cutler-Hammer starting box, borrowed by the Indian Service, Department of the Interior, at Yakutat, Alaska, from said Libby, McNeill and Libby, in October 1939, and destroyed by fire on or about January 18, 1940, while in the possession of that agency, and to allow in full and final settlement of the claim not to exceed $150. There is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $150, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the payment of the claim. Approved, February 21, 1942. Cecil M. P. Cross. Credit in accounts. Will S. Wood. Credit in accounts. February 20, 1942 [H. R. 5387] [Private Law 294] Mrs. Anna M. Paul. Payment to. Provso. February 21, 1942 [H. R. 57731 [Private Law 295] Libby, McNeill and Libby. Settlement of claim. Appropriation.