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59 STAT.] 79TH CONG., IST SESS.-CHS. 304-306-JULY 14, 1945 the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceed- ing $1,000. Approved July 14, 1945. [CHAPTER 305] AN ACT For the relief of the Catholic Chancery Office, Incorporated. 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 the Catholic Chan- cery Office, Incorporated, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the sum of $11,980.33, in full satisfaction of its claims against the United States (1) for compensation for the use by the War Department of a build- ing owned by it, possession of which was taken by the War Depart- ment under an option to purchase which the War Department sub- sequently failed to exercise, and for losses sustained by it as a result of the occupancy of such building by the War Department, and (2) for reimbursement of expenses incurred by it in vacating and making such building available for use by the War Department: 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 con- trary 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 14, 1945. 747 July 14, 1945 IS. 501] [Private Law 154] Catholic Chancery Office, Inc. [CHAPTER 306] AN ACT For the relief of William B. Scott. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Adminis- trator of Civil Aeronautics is authorized and directed to provide for the transportation from Norfolk, Virginia, to Jacksonville, Florida, of the furniture and other household effects of William B. Scott, which were transported by the Navy Department to Norfolk, Virginia, from the naval operating base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where the said William B. Scott was formerly stationed as an employee of the Civil Aeronautics Administration, and (1) to pay the cost of transporting such furniture and other household effects from Norfolk, Virginia, to Jacksonville, Florida, and (2) to reimburse the said William B. Scott for expenses incurred by him in providing for the storage of such furniture and other household effects from the date of arrival thereof in Norfolk, Virginia, to the date of transportation thereof to Jack- sonville. Florida, as herein provided, from any appropriation available for paying traveling expenses of employees of the Civil Aeronautics Administration. Approved July 14, 1945. July 14, 1945 i8. 712] [Private Law 155] William B. Scott.