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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 287-289-JUNE 8, 1946 June 8, 1946 [H. R. 4141] [Private Law 647] Piombo Brothers and Company. 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 8, 1946. [CHAPTER 288] AN ACT For the relief of Piombo Brothers and Company. 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 Piombo Brothers and Company, San Francisco, California, the sum of $12,913.61, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for property dam- ages sustained as the result of damage to certain of its equipment caused by the crash on December 14, 1944, of a United States Navy airplane at the naval air station, North Island, San Diego, California: 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 8, 1946. [CHAPTER 289] June 8, 1946 [H. R. 4174] [Private Law 548] Mayer 0. Hansen. AN ACT For the relief of Mayer G. Hansen. 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 Mayer G. Hansen, Minneapolis, Minnesota, the sum of $3,783.88. Such sum represents (1) the actual cost of the said Mayer G. Hansen of household goods and personal effects shipped in June 1941 from Manila, Philippine Islands, to Los Angeles, California, and held in a United States cus- toms bonded warehouse in Los Angeles until December 17, 1942, when they were sold at public auction as unclaimed merchandise by the collector of customs; less (2) the sum of $461.16, the surplus proceeds of such sale paid to the said Mayer G. Hansen. The said Mayer G. Hansen was unable to claim such personal property or to communicate with persons in the United States because he and his wife were held as prisoners by'the Japanese from January 5, 1942, until February 3, 1945. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States arising from the sale of such personal prop- erty: 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 exceeding $1,000. Approved June 8, 1946. 1180 [60 STAT.