PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 99,102 ,103 -MAY 12, 13, 1949 [63 STAT.
[CHAPTER 99]
May 12, 1949
[H. R. 2935]
[Private Law 39]
Mrs. Benjamin
Betts.
May 13, 1949
[S. 227]
[Private Law 40]
Stone and Cooper
Coal Co., Inc.
May 13, 1949
[H. R . 1467]
[Private Law 41]
Thomas 0. Troth.
AN ACT
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 $2,289.59, to Stone and Cooper Coal Company, Incorporated,
of Augusta, Maine, in full settlement of all claims against the United
States for reimbursement of transportation cost in excess of normal
rates of transportation prevailing prior to January 1, 1942, on coal
received on and after May 18, 1942, to June 1, 1944, in and around
New York Harbor area and in New England, which period was not
included in the regulations of the Office of Price Administration on
bituminous coal from district numbered 3 in northern West Virginia:
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 May 13, 1949.
[CHAPTER 103]
AN ACT
For the relief of Thomas O. Troth.
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 Thomas O. Troth,
1090
For the relief of Mrs. Benjamin Betts.
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 $50 to Mrs. Benjamin Betts, of 1164 South Thomas Street,
Arlington, Virginia, in full settlement of all claims against the United
States for the loss of a portable Royal typewriter, numbered 0734638,
which was left with an attendant in the Government Publication
Reading Room and not returned: 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 May 12, 1949.
[CHAPTER 102]
AN ACT
For the relief of Stone and Cooper Coal Company, Incorporated.
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