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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 379-381 -JULY 1, 1944 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 July 1, 1944. [CHAPTER 3801 AN ACT For the relief of Donald J. Munson. 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, to Donald J. Munson, Anderson, Indiana, the sum of $1,708.32. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Donald J. Munson against the United States, including travel- ing expenses, arising out of damages to his aircraft in a forced land- ing on January 15, 1942, while on the return trip to Anderson, Indiana, from Washington, District of Columbia, after bringing such aircraft to Washington, District of Columbia, pursuant to orders of the Commanding General, Ferrying Command, United States Army: 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 July 1, 1944. [CHAPTER 381] July 1,1944 [tH. R. 2605] [Private Law 351] Charles W. Kirby. Refund. Appropriations authorized. AN ACT For the relief of Charles W. Kirby. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Charles W. Kirby, formerly an employee of the Department of Agriculture and of the Post Office Department, be, and he is hereby, released from any liability to the United States by reason of being carried on the pay roll in two positions, that of postmaster at Browns, Alabama, and as a clerk in the Department of Agriculture during the period November 24, 1930, to June 16, 1931. The Comptroller General of the United States has certified that the sum of $411.90 is due the United States from the said Charles W. Kirby under the statute relating to the receiving of more than one salary. SEC. 2 . That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to refund to Charles W. Kirby any amount he shall have refunded to the United States prior to the passage of this Act. SEC. 3 . There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Approved July 1, 1944. July 1, 1944 [H. R. 2288] [Private Law 350] Donald J. Munson. 1012 [58 STAT.