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62 STAT.] 80rH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 265 , 268, 271, 272--AY 5, 10 , 1948 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 May 5, 1948. [CHAPTER 268] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Carl R. Nail. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congressassembled,That the Comptroller General is authorized and directed to credit the account of Carl R. Nall, deceased, former postmaster at Sherman, Texas, in such amount as will equal the balance determined by the Comptroller General to be due in such account, as the result of various embezzlements from 1933 to 1945 by one George L. Kolb, former assistant postmaster in the Sherman post office. The estate of the said Carl R. Nail, deceased, and his sureties are hereby relieved of all liability to pay to the United States the whole or any part of the amount credited to the account of the said Carl R. Nail, as provided herein. Approved May 10, 1948. 1347 May 10, 1948 [H. R. 4571] [Private Law 277] Carl R. Nail, estate. [CHAPTER 271] AN ACT For the relief of Carl W. Sundstrom. 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, the sum of $92 to Carl W. Sundstrom, on account of money taken from his person and destroyed by prisoners on or about the second day of May 1946, during a riot at the United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz, Cali- fornia: 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 May 10, 1948. May 10, 1948 [I. 981] [Private Law 278] Carl W. Sundstrom. [CHAPTER 272] AN ACT For the relief of Louis L. Williams, Junior. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Louis L. Wil- liams, Junior, of the Public Health Service, is hereby relieved of all liability, both as to principal and interest, under the claim of the United States arising out of the reimbursement to him of the sum of $560.16 from the appropriation "Preventing the Spread of Epidemic Diseases, Public Health Service, 1940", for payment made by him in December 1939 for one Ford coupe automobile purchased in Kunming China, and for various items incident to repair, maintenance, and operation of the automobile; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Louis L. Williams, Junior, an amount equal to the aggregate of any amounts which may have been paid by Louis May 10 1948 [. 16301 [Private Law 279] Louis L. Williams, Jr. 53 tat. 668.