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 54 STAT.] 76rTH CONG., 3D SESS.- CHS. 149, 150-APR. 22, 1940 [CHAPTER 149] AN ACT For the relief of Morrison-Knudsen Company, Incorporated, and W. C. Cole. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- troller General of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to settle and adjust the claim of Morrison-Knudsen Company, Incorporated, and W. C. Cole, for reimbursement of the increased costs incurred in the procurement of sand conforming to specifications in the performance by said company of contract W-777-eng-221, dated September 6, 1938, covering construction of the major portion of the embankment and rough excavation for the spillway of the Fort Supply Dam located on Wolf Creek near Supply in Woodward County, Oklahoma, and to allow in full and final settlement of the claim the sum of not to exceed $37,470.49. There is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of $37,470.49, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the payment of said claim: 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 con- viction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, April 22, 1940. [CHAPTER 150] AN ACT For the relief of O'Brien Brothers, Incorporated, New York City, New York. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- troller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to settle and adjust the claim of O'Brien Brothers, Incorporated, New York City, New York, for $3,510, representing the loss resulting from damage to its scow Eastern Light sustained on or about November 28, 1936 while being unloaded by employees of the War Department at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, and to allow in full and final settlement of the claim the sum of not to exceed $3,510. There is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $3,510, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for payment of the claim: 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 22, 1940. April 22, 1940 [H. R. 7855] [Private, No. 322] Morrison - Knudsen Co., Inc., and W. C. Cole. Adjustment of claim authorized. Appropriation. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. April 22, 940 [H. R. 7857] [Private, No. 323] O'Brien Brothers, Inc. Adjustment of claim authorized. Appropriation. Provio. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty.

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