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[56 STAT. PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 259-261 -APR. 28, 1942 [CHAPTER 259] April 28, 1942 [S. 1993] [Private Law 377] Pasqualina Lazzaro. Payment to. Proviao. AN ACT For the relief of Pasqualina Lazzaro. 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 Pasqualina Lazzaro, of Watertown, Massachusetts, the sum of $900, such sum representing the amount lost by her on account of the forfeiture of a bond for the appearance in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts of Guiseppe Magnotta, who had been taken into custody by the Immigration and Naturalization Service and who, after the forfeiture of such bond, was again taken into custody by the Immi- gration and Naturalization Service and was released by such Service after an examination and investigation of the charges against him: 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, April 28, 1942. [CHAPTER 260] April 28,1942 [S. 2017] [Private Law 378] AN ACT To amend Private Act Numbered 446, Seventy-sixth Congress, approved July 2, 1940, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 54 3 United Stat. 1313 . ted es of America in Congress assembled, That section 3 of Private Act Numbered 446, approved July 2, 1940, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: Indebtedness of "SEc. 3. No provision of this Act shall relieve any payee from any a yee. indebtedness to the United States of America resulting from the disallowances by the Comptroller General of the United States included in the above set forth sums and which are charged against nd Miss F. M . Rob- disbursing officers named herein except that there shall be credited ason. in the accounts of Hugh S. Jollson, Administrator of the National redit in accounts. Recovery Administration, and Miss F. M. Robinson, his secretary, any amounts charged against them on account of alleged overpay-

  • nent for transportation and actual expenses of subsistence or per

diem in lieu of actual expenses for subsistence." Approved, April 28, 1942. April 28, 1942 [B. 21161 [Private Law 379] Frank S. Mathias and Elsie Mathias. Payments to. [CHAPTER 261] AN ACT For the relief of Frank S. Mathias and Elsie Mathias. 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 Frank S. Mathias, of Essex, Baltimore County, Maryland, the sum of $731.60, and to Elsie Mathias, his wife, the sum of $514.35, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for property 1154 p