58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2 SESS.-CHS. 477479- ber 30,194 October 2, 5, 1944 [CHAPTER 477] AN ACT For the relief of the city of Beardstown, Illinois. 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 city of Beards- town, Illinois, the sum of $65,000 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damages and cost of replacement of the municipally owned bridge across the Illinois River as a result of being struck by United States Navy vessel LST 610, on April 30, 1944: 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 September 30, 1944. [CHAPTER 478] Ab Abtr 765 September 30, 1944 [H. R. 4931] [Public Law 455] Beardstown, Ill. Payment for bridge damages. -V October 2, 1944 To exempt certain officers and employees of the National War Labor Board from [H. R. 4349] certain provisions of the Criminal Code. [Public Law 4 56 ] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled That nothing con- tained in sections 109 and 113 of the Criminal Code (U. S. C., title 18, secs. 198 and 203) shall be deemed to apply to any person hereto- fore or hereafter appointed to the National War Labor Board or any of its agencies under the authority of the War Labor Disputes Act, any Executive order or regulation issued under the provisions of the.Act of October 2, 1942 (56 Stat. 765), or Executive Order Numbered 9017, dated January 12, 1942, as amended from time to time, because of intermittent service as a member of the National War Labor Board or of a regional board, industry commission, tri- partite panel or similar agency of the National War Labor Board, or as a hearing officer or arbitrator of such Board, if such person is serving or has served in such capacity without compensation, or with compensation on a per diem when actually employed basis for not in excess of ninety days a year: Provided, however, That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to any representation before the National War Labor Board or any of its said agencies while such person is an officer or employee of the National War Labor Board or for a period of one year after the cessation of the service of such person: And provided further, That the immunity herein created shall not apply as to any matter on which such person shall have been employed. Approved October 2, 1944. [CHAPTER 479] AN ACT To aid the reconversion from a war to a peace economy through the distribution of Government surplus property and to establish a Surplus Property Board to effectuate the same, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Surplus Property Act of 1944". National War La- bor Board. 35 Stat. 1107,1109. 57 Stat. 163 . 50 U. S. C., Supp. III, app. §§ 1501-1511 , 961-971. Ante, p. 642; post, p. 784. 3 CFR, Cum. Supp. , 1075, 1082 . 3 CFR, 1943 Supp. , 56. October 3, 1944 [H. R. 5125] [Public Law 457] Surplus Property Act ot 19.
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