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58 STAT.]
78TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 494-497-NOV. 29, 1944
the Army-Navy staff college at the Alachua Army Air Field, Gaines-
ville, Florida, on October 27, 1943: 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 notwith-
standing. 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.
[CHAPTER 495]
AN ACT
For the relief of Luella F. Stewart.
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 is hereby authorized and directed
to credit the account of Luella F. Stewart, former postmaster at
Bottineau, North Dakota, in the sum of $1,153.30, the amount due
the United States on account of loss of post office funds resulting
from the failure of the Bottineau County Bank, Bottineau, North
Dakota, which closed September 27, 1923.
Approved November 29, 1944.
[CHAPTER 496]
AN ACT
For the relief of the Square D Company.
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 the Square D Company
for payment for certain electrical supplies which were delivered by
the said company to the War Department, construction quartermaster,
Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico, on or about April 1, 1941, upon the
failure of a Government contractor to make delivery thereof, and
to allow in full and final settlement of the claim the sum of not to
exceed $8,276.82. There is hereby appropriated the sum of $8,276.82,
or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the payment of said claim:
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 November 29, 1944.
[CHAPTER 497]
AN ACT
For the relief of C. C . Thornton.
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 C. C. Thornton, of
Walnut, Mississippi, the sum of $2,000, in full satisfaction of his
November 29, 1944
[S. 1717]
[Private Law 420]
Lue!la F. Stewart
November 29, 1944
[S. 1763]
[Private Law 421]
Square D
Com-
pany.
November 29, 1944
[S. 1766]
[Private Law 422]
C. C. Thornton.
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