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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 517, 518 , 525-DEC. 6, 7 , 1944 [58 STAr. [CHAPTER 517] Deeember 6 1944 [8. 1840 [Private Law 437] Navy personnel and former Navy person- nel. Reimbursement. December 6 1944 [S. 1964 [Private Law 438] Aviation cadets and former aviation ca- dets. Reimbursement. December 7, 1944 [H. R. 262] [Private Law 439] Mrs. J . C . Romberg. AN ACT [CHAPTER 518] AN ACT To reimburse certain aviation cadets and former aviation cadets for property lost or damaged as the result of a fire at Carroll College, Helena, Montana, on January 8, 1944. 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, such sum or sums, amounting in the aggregate not to exceed $988.12, as may be required by the Secretary of the Navy to reimburse, under such regulations as he may prescribe, certain aviation cadets and former aviation cadets for the value of personal property lost or damaged as the result of a fire at Carroll College, Helena, Montana, on January 8, 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 December 6, 1944. [CHAPTER 525] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. J . C. Romberg. 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 is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mrs. J. C. Romberg, Gonzales, Texas, the sum of $483.95. Such sum represents hospital and doctor bills incurred by her son, Corporal 1048 To provide for reimbursement of certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for personal property lost or damaged as the result of a fire in the bachelor officers' quarters, naval operating base, Argentia, Newfoundland, on January 12, 1943. 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, such sum or sums, amounting in the aggregate not to exceed $8,080.61, as may be required by the Secretary of the Navy to reimburse, under such regulations as he may prescribe, certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for the value of personal property lost or damaged in a fire in the bachelor officers' quarters, naval operating base, Argentia, Newfoundland, on January 12, 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 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 December 6, 1944.