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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 563-565-JUNE 19, 1948 [62 STAT. States, together with a release to the United States of any and all claims for damages resulting from the possession or use of the land by the United States prior to the transfer of title; and (2) to Mrs. Jesse West, of Wolf Point, Montana, in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States, the sum of $250, representing the fair value of certain buildings owned by her late deceased husband, upon proof of title, right, or interest by Christine West to the lands on which they were situated when seized and destroyed in 1939 by enrollees of the Civilian Conservation Corps: Provided,That no part of the amounts 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 these claims, 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 19, 1948. [CHAPTER 564] AN ACT For the relief of James R. Walsh. 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, the sum of $7,500, to James R. Walsh, an individual doing business as M. J. Walsh and Sons, of Holyoke, Massachusetts, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for work performed in connection with the construction of defense housing project Mass-19023, at Springfield, Massachusetts, in January and February 1942: 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 mis- demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved June 19, 1948. [CHAPTER 565] AN ACT For the relief of Harry Daniels. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the arry Daniels. 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 Harry Daniels, of 1426 Twenty-first Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, the sum of $894.25, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for salary not paid while under suspension and separation from service in the National War Labor Board from November 9, 1944, to August 6, 1945, inclusive, while serving in the position of mail clerk of the communications unit of the National War Labor Board, Washington, District of Columbia: 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 1378 Mrs. Jesse West. June 19, 1948 [S. 12811 [Private Law 361] James R. Walsh. June 19, 1948 [8. 1835] [Private Law 3621