58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 355, 356,378,379 J u n e 0 1 9 4 4 July 1, 1944 ment of the claim the sum of not to exceed $8,000. There is hereby appropriated the sum of $8,000, or so much thereof as may be neces- sary, 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 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 June 30, 1944. [CHAPTER 356] AN ACT For the relief of the heirs and assigns of Widow Cesaire De Blanc. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That title to the following described lands, including all mineral rights therein, situ- ated in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, which were located by Widow Cesaire De Blanc under school land warrant numbered 1809, issued by the State of Louisiana on June 7, 1855, pursuant to the Act entitled "An Act to appropriate lands for the support of schools in certain town- ships and fractional townships, not before provided for", approved May 20, 1826 (4 Stat. 179), is hereby confirmed to the said Widow Cesaire De Blanc, her heirs and assigns: The north half of the south- east quarter of section 8, township 12 south, range 6 east of the Louisiana meridian. Approved June 30, 1944. [CHAPTER 378] AN ACT To provide for the advancement of Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, Construction Corps, United States Navy, Retired, to the rank of vice admiral. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to advance Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, Construction Corps, United States Navy, Retired, to naval constructor with the rank of vice admiral on the retired list. Approved July 1, 1944. June 30, 1944 [S. 1593] [Private Law 347] Widow Cesaire De Blanc, her heirs and assigns. Title to designated lands confirmed. July 1, 1944 [H. R. 634] [Private Law 348] Advancement of Rear Adm. Emory S. Land. [CHAPTER 379] AN ACT For the relief of Lessie C. Selman. July 1, 1944 [H. R . 166S] [Private Law 349] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Lessie C. Se 1 man of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Lessie C. Selman, Quincy, Florida, the sum of $1,754.39. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Lessie C. Selman against the United States arising out of damage to real and personal property on March 22, 1942, when a United States Army aircraft crashed on her farm and destroyed a tobacco barn and its contents: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in
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