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PRIVATE LAWS--CHS. 224, 229, 230-APR. 7, 8, 1942 [56 STAT. for reimbursement of funds which he paid due to error in counting Defense Postal Savings Stamps: 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, April 7, 1942. [CHAPTER 229] April 8, 1942 [H. R. 6391 [Private Law 357] Edd Nevins. Payment to. Proviso. April 8, 1942 [I.R.710] [Private Law 358] Martin N. Mayrath. Payment to. AN ACT For the relief of Edd Nevins. 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 Edd Nevins, Portland, Oregon, the sum of $248.75. Such sum repre- sents the value of personal property owned by Edd Nevins and destroyed by fire at Camp Windy, Oregon, on October 19, 1935, and at White River, Oregon, on February 14,1936, while said Edd Nevins was an employee of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture: 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, April 8, 1942. [CHAPTER 230] AN ACT For the relief of Martin N. Mayrath. 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 $31.50 to Martin N. Mayrath, Dodge City, Kansas, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for annual leave earned while he was in the employ of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, from April 18, 1938, to July 7, 1938: 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, April 8, 1942. Provio.