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1306 January 27 1948 [S. 339] [Private Law 161] Lucy Jefferson Well. 46 Stat. 477; 62 Stat. 55. 5U.S. . J 724 (d). January 29 1948 [8. 944] [Private Law 162] Oran Curry. PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 34 , 37, 39-JAN . 27, 29, 1948 [62 STAT. of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to Colonel William J. Kennard, of Washington, District of Columbia, the sum of $950, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for the difference between (1) the amount he was actually allowed as compensation for the value of the personal property which he lost as a result of the invasion of the Philippine Islands by the Japanese in December 1941, and (2) the amount which should have been paid to the said Colonel William J. Kennard as compensation for the value of such property: 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 January 27, 1948. [CHAPTER 37] AN ACT For the relief of Lucy Jefferson Weil. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Civil Service Commission is authorized and directed to pay, out of the civil service retirement and disability fund, to Lucy Jefferson Weil, the widow of Isaac Weil, a former employee of the United States, an amount equal to the amount which would have been refunded to her under the provisions of section 12 (d) of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, with respect to the employment of the said Isaac Weil during the period from August 1,1941, to November 7,1944, had not such employment been in contravention of the automatic separation provisions of such Act. Approved January 27, 1948. [CHAPTER 391 AN ACT For the relief of Oran Curry. 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 hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appro- priated, to Oran Curry, of Neola, Utah, the sum of $587.33, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States as compensation for quarters in connection with services rendered the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, at the Uintah-Ouray Indian Agency and Reservation in Utah, from May 1926 through March 1933, inclusive, this being the amount due him and remaining unpaid under his contract of employment, as certified by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs: Provided,That no part of the amount appropriated by 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 a sum not exceeding $1,000.