58 STAT.] 78mr CONG., 2D SESS.- CHS. 188, 196, 206 Apr 26 1944 May 11,26, 1944 destroyed quarters assigned to certain officers of Marine Utility Squad- ron 152 on February 9, 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 per- son 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 April 26, 1944. [CHAPTER 196] AN ACT For the relief of Austin L. Tierney. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Private Law Numbered 99, Seventy-fourth Congress, be, and the same is, amended to read as follows: "That in the administration of any laws conferring rights, privi- leges, and benefits upon honorably discharged soldiers Austin L. Tierney, who served as a fireman third class, United States Navy, shall be held and considered to have been honorably discharged from the naval service of the United States as a fireman third class, on April 25, 1918: Provided, That no compensation, pension, or other benefits except mileage at the time of discharge, four months' active service pay lost after absence from duty, and adjusted compensation benefits shall be held to accrue to Austin L. Tierney by reason of this Act for any period prior to its passage." Approved May 11, 1944. [CHAPTER 206] AN ACT For the relief of Edward Gillam. 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 Edward Gillam, of Hermiston, Oregon, the sum of $4,192.25 in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for compensation for personal injuries sustained by him and for reimbursement of medical and hos- pital expenses incurred by him as the result of an accident which occurred when the automobile in which he was riding as a passenger was struck by a United States Army truck at the intersection of the Umatilla ordnance depot highway and United States Highway Num- bered 207 near Hermiston, Oregon, on January 5, 1942: 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 May 26, 1944. May 11, 1944 8. 176] [Private Law 278] 49 Stat. 2086. Austin L. Tierney. Naval record cor- rected. May 26, 1944 [S. 254] [Private Law 279] Edward Olllam. I 93650---45 ---P. n-- 981
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