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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 102, 103, 110-APR. 17, 18, 1940 [CHAPTER 102] AN ACT For the relief of the Pacific Airmotive Corporation, Burbank, California. 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 to Pacific Airmotive Corporation, Burbank, California, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $940 in full and final settlement of any and all claims against the Govern- ment on account of the damage done to an airplane belonging to said corporation by a United States Navy plane September 1,1938, at Union Air Terminal, Burbank, California: 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, April 17, 1940. [CHAPTER 103] JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing Captain William Bowie, former Chief of the Division of Geodesy in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, Department of Commerce, to accept and wear the decoration of the Cross of Grand Officer of the Order of Saint Sava. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That William Bowie, cap- tain (retired), United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, Department of Commerce, be, and he hereby is, authorized to accept and wear the decoration of the Cross of Grand Officer of the Order of Saint Sava, conferred by the Government of Yugoslavia in recognition of his outstanding achievements in the interests of international science and geodesy. The Department of State is hereby authorized to deliver the said decoration to the aforementioned William Bowie. Approved, April 17, 1940. 1257 April 17, 1940 [H. R. 2161] [Private, No. 304] Pacific Airmotive Corporation, Bur- bank, Calif. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. April17, 1940 [H.. Re. 453] [Priv. Res., No. 4] Capt. William Bowie. Acceptance, etc., of decoration authorized. Delivery by Depart- ment of State. [CHAPTER 110] AN ACT For the relief of Ray E. Nies. 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, to Ray E. Nies, of Holland, Michigan, the sum of $309.99, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States for damages to the automobile owned by his wife, driven by his son, and sustained when it was struck by an Army truck on August 8, 1936, in Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, which damages were paid by the said Ray E. Nies: 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 ren- dered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, April 18, 1940 [H. R. 838] [Private, No. 305] Ray E. Nies. Payment to. Provio. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees.

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