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59 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 18T SESS.-CHS. 38-40-MAR. 24, 1945 Virginia, built and owned by Doctor David O. Clements and destroyed in January 1918 by ice broken by United States Navy ice-breaking tugs in clearing the York River, used at that time as the base for the Atlantic Fleet: 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 March 24, 1945. [CHAPTER 39] AN ACT For the relief of Dane D. Morgan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congressassembled That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to settle and adjust the claim of Dane D. Morgan on account of the increased costs incurred in the performance of his architectural- engineering contract numbered WA-1197, dated February 9, 1942, with the Federal Works Agency by reason of unavoidable delays in the construction and completion of the defense housing project at Burlington, Iowa, and to allow in full and final settlement of the claim the amount of not to exceed $8.400. There is hereby appropri- ated the sum of $8,400, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the payment of the said claim. Approved March 24, 1945. [CHAPTER 40] AN ArTr 691 March 24,1945 [H. R . 1149] [Private Law 17] Dane D. Morgan. - -- March 24, 1945 For the relief of Wallace Robertson, Henry Bowker, and Edward Parisian, and s. 616] for other purposes. [Private Law 18] 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 allow credit in the accounts of G. F . Allen, chief disbursing officer, Treasury Department, for the months of August and September 1942 in the sum of $95 representing payments made by him to Wallace Robertson in full settlement for overtime services rendered prior to July 13, 1942. SEC. 2 . The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of funds applicable for road-construction activi- ties on Indian reservations, the sum of $188, to Henry Bowker and the sum of $53.33 to Edward Parisian, in full settlement of claims for compensation covering overtime services rendered during July, August, and September, 1942. SEC. 3. No charge shall be made against the certifying officer, nor shall any claim be made against Wallace Robertson, for the amount of any payments for which credit is allowed under section 1 of this Act: 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 provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not eceeing $1,000 Approved March 24, 1945. O. F . Allen. Credit for certain payments to Wallace obertson. Henry Bowker and Edward Parisian.