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1324 [CHAPTER 132] March 15, 1948 [H. R. 4541] [Private Law 213] AN ACT For the relief of Jesse F. Cannon, Jackson Jones, and the estate of John Halstadt. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Jesse F. camnon . 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 Jesse F. Cannon, of Jackson Jones. Salt Lake City, Utah, the sum of $331.48; to Jackson Jones, of Dug- etJohn Halstadt, way, Utah, the sum of $212; and to the estate of John Halstadt, of Salt Lake City, Utah, the sum of $212; in full satisfaction of their respective claims against the United States for compensation for loss of earnings sustained by them when they were required to suspend operation of the Yellow Jacket Mine, located near Tooele, Utah, as a result of the use of such mine, during the period from June 22 to July 22, 1945, by the Dugway Proving Ground, as a target site for conducting technical operations involving the use of chemical agents, incendiaries, and explosives: 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 March 15, 1948. March 16, 1948 [H. R. 697] [Private Law 214] Mrs. Essie N. Fan- nin and others. [CHAPTER 134] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Essie N. Fannin, Miss Helen Hicks, Miss Marie Hicks, Miss Frances Fannin, William 0. Thompson, and Mrs. W. D . Thompson. 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 Mrs. Essie N. Fannin, of Moneta, Virginia, the sum of $5,430.30; Miss Helen Hicks, of Moneta, Virginia, the sum of $1,533.96; Miss Marie Hicks, of Moneta, Virginia, the sum of $2,573; Miss Frances Fannin, of Moneta, Virginia, the sum of $1,116.25; William O. Thompson, of Moneta, Vir- PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 131 , 132 , 134-MAR . 15, 16 , 1948 [62 STAT. of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Bertha M. Rogers, of Frederica, Delaware, widow of John R. Rogers, Senior, the sum of $8,285.47; such sum having been awarded to the said John R. Rogers, Senior, by an Act entitled "An Act for the relief of William J. Simpson and John R. Rogers, Senior", approved July 11, 1946 (Pri- vate Law 716, Seventy-ninth Congress), and the said John R. Rogers having died prior to receiving such award or any part thereof: Pro- vided, 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 March 15, 1948. 60 Stat. 1250 .