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60 STAT.] 7TrH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 681, 687, 688-JULY 26, 27, 1946 General of overpayments of compensation, subsequently balanced from personal funds of the postmasters, to certain temporary sub- stitute postal employees by reason of instructions given the post- masters by the Post Office Department to the effect that the 10 per centum differential for night work authorized by the Act of May 24, 1928, as amended (39 U. S . C. 828), should be computed upon the regular rate plus the 10 per centum increase in compensation author- ized to be paid substitutes by the Act of December 22, 1942 (56 Stat. 1068), the provisions of which were retroactive to December 1, 1942, and the Comptroller General having ruled subsequent to the issuance of such instructions that the 10 per centum increase authorized by the Act of December 22, 1942, was applicable only to the base rate and not to the night-work differential. SEC. 2 . That the Postmaster General and the General Accounting Office are authorized and directed to credit the account of the post- master at Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the sum of $167.38, and the account of the postmaster at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the sum of $63.51, the respective amounts representing overpayments of com- pensation to certain temporary substitute postal employees by reason of instructions given the postmasters by the Post Office Department to the effect that the 10 per centum differential for night work author- ized by the Act of May 24, 1928, as amended (39 U. S . C . 828), should be computed upon the regular rate plus the 10 per centum increase in compensation authorized to be paid substitutes by the Act of Decem- ber 22, 1942 (56 Stat. 1068), the provisions of which were retroactive to December 1, 1942, and the Comptroller General having ruled sub- sequent to the issuance of such instructions that the 10 per centum increase authorized by the Act of December 22, 1942, was applicable only to the base rate and not to the night-work differential. Approved July 26, 1946. 1279 45 Stat. 725 . 39 U. S. C., Supp. V, § 828. 5U.S . ., Supp. V, § 29, 26a notes. Postmaster, Minne- apolis, Minn. Postmaster, Pitts- burgh, Pa. [CHAPTER 687] AN ACT For the relief of Edwin Doyle Parrish. 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 Edwin Doyle Parrish, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, the sum of $5,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for compensation for personal injuries sustained, and reimbursement of expenses incurred, as the result of a riot at Lake Charles, Louisiana, on May 12, 1943, in which military personnel were involved: 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 27, 1946. [CHAPTER 688] AN ACT For the relief of Daniel S. Bagley, Junior, and Daniel S. Bagley, Senior. 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 80634 °-48 --PT. --- 12 July 27, 1946 [H. R. 1754] [Private Law 787] Edwin Doyle Par- rish. July 27,1946 [IL R. 2130] [Private Law 7881 Daniel S. Bagley, Jr., and Daniel S. Bag- ley, Sr.