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58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 487-489-NOV. 29, 1944 so much thereof as reads as follows: "To Stephen Holliday, the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section thirty-one, township eight, of range two:", and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "To Stephen Holliday, the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section thirty-one, township eight, of range two:". SEC. 2. The amendment made by the first section of this Act shall be effective as of March 2, 1861. Approved November 29, 1944. [CHAPTER 488] AN ACT For the relief of Doctor A. R. Adams. 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 Doctor A. R . Adams, of Leavenworth, Kansas, the sum of $225, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for compensation for services ren- dered in conducting physical examinations of prospective employees of the United States pursuant to contract numbered W-425-eng-409, dated April 14, 1942, with the post engineer, Corps of Engineers, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, such claim having been disallowed by the Comptroller General on the ground that payment for such exami- nations was not authorized by law: 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 November 29, 1944. 1037 November 29, 1944 [. 1465] [Private Law 413] Dr. A. R . Adams. (CHAPTER 489] AN ACT For the relief of Carl M. Frasure. 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 Carl M. Frasure, formerly an employee of the Office of Price Administration, the sum of $506.91, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for compensation for accrued annual leave, the payment of which was prevented by the provisions of the eighth proviso in the para- graph under the caption "Office of Price Administration" contained in the National War Agencies Appropriation Act, 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 convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved November 29, 1944. November 29,1944 S.l14771 [Private Law 4141 Carl M. Frasure. 57 Stat. 526, 538.