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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CIIS. 23, 24 , 26 -FEB. 9, 12, 1940 by the fire on September 24, 1917, in the city of Lawton, Oklahoma, such loss having been the result of the inability of the fire department of the city of Lawton to control said fire because of lack of water, all available water for fire-fighting purposes having been appropriated and being used by the War Department in connection with the training of soldiers at Fort Sill and Camp Doniphan: 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 notwith- standing. 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, February 9, 1940. [CHAPTER 24] AN ACT Granting six months' pay to Sidney M. Bowen. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of the current appropriation "Pay of the Marine Corps", to Sidney M. Bowen, father of the late Willie Bowen, private, United States Marine Corps, an amount equal to six months' pay at the rate the late Willie Bowen was receiving at the date of his death: Provided, That Sidney M. Bowen shall establish to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Navy that he was actually dependent upon his late son at the time of his death, and the determination of the fact of such depend- ency by the Secretary of the Navy shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Government. Approved, February 9, 1940. [CHAPTER 26] AN ACT For the relief of the Missoula Brewing Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and Bouse 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 to the Missoula Brewing Company, of Missoula, Montana, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,250, in full settlement of all claims against the United States because of payment of said amount for ten fermented malt liquor stamps of the twenty-five barrel denomination which were lost in the mail prior to their receipt by the said company: Provided,That the Missoula Brew- ing Company shall first file in the Treasury Department a bond in a penal sum of double the amount paid for such stamps, in such form and with such surety or sureties as may be acceptable to the Secretary of the Treasury, to indemnify and save harmless the United States from any loss on account of the stamps herein described: Provided fur- ther, 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, February 12, 1940. 1245 Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. February 9, 1940 [H. B. 6634] [Private, No. 274] Sidney M. Bowen. Death gratuity pay- ment to. Proviso. Dependency to be established. February 12, 1940 [8. 766] (Private, No. 276] Mlssoula Brewing Company. Reimbursement for lost stamps. Prososw. Bond and surety to be furnished. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty.

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