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59 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 1ST SESS.- CHS. 191, 202, 216-JUNE 14, 29, 30,1945 University, of Lincoln, Nebraska, the sum of $16,000, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States as compensation for damage to its real estate described as west half of section 12, township 13, range 13, in Sarpy County, Nebraska, consisting of approximately three hundred and twenty acres, more or less; to pay to Nebraska Wesleyan University, of Lincoln, Nebraska, and its tenant, Herman Platt, of Fort Crook, Nebraska, the sum of $5,727.70, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States as compensation for crop damage in the years 1941 and 1942 respectively; all of which damages were caused by changes in the topography of land in connection with the construction of the Fort Crook aircraft assembly plant and test- ing field on the Fort Crook Military Reservation resulting in collection and discharge of water upon the university's land and payment for which damages has been refused by the United States and its agent: 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 14, 1945. [CHAPTER 202] AN ACT For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Johnson. 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, the sum of $3,500, to Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Johnson, of Redwood Falls, Minnesota, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the death of their minor daughter, Myrna Arline Johnson, who was struck by an Army vehicle at the Redwood Falls fairgrounds on August 16, 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 June 29, 1945. [CHAPTER 216] AN ACT For the relief of Marlin-Rockwell Corporation with respect to the jurisdiction of The Tax Court of the United States to redetermine its excessive profits for its fiscal year ending December 31, 1942, subject to renegotiation under the Renegotiation Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the time within which a petition may be filed with The Tax Court of the United States, by Marlin-Rockwell Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware, having its principal place of business in Jamestown, New York, for a redetermination under the Renego- tiation Act of its excessive profits for its fiscal year ending December 31, 1942, as determined by the Under Secretary of War under date June 29, 145 [s. 426] [Private Law 106] Mr. and Mrs. Wal- ter M. Johnson. June 30, 1945 [H. R . 1044] [Private Law 1071 Marlin-Bockwell Corp. Redetermnnatlmo of exessive profits. 6 8tat. 24 60U.8.C., upp IV, app. ( 119. 727 Herman Platt.