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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , l1T SESS.-CHS. 108 -110- -MLAY 12, 1941 County, Florida, the sum of $100; to the special tax school district numbered 4, Broward County, Florida, the sum of $100; to the special tax school district numbered 5, Broward County, Florida, the sum of $100; in full settlement of all claims against the United States for refund of special deposits in said amounts paid by the claimants at the request of the clerk of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Miami Division, in cases numbered 1542-M, 1543-M, 1544-M, and 1545-M, respectively, under provisions of the Municipal Bankruptcy Act (secs. 78, 79, and 80, ch. IX, Acts of Congress relating to bankruptcy; 48 Stat. 798, approved May 24, 1934), which Act was declared unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court on May 25, 1936 (56 S. Ct. 892, 80 L. Ed. 1309; 289 U. S. C. 513), said suits having been filed about two months before said Act was declared unconstitutional and under which no proceedings were had because said Act was declared unconstitutional: 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, 1941. [CHAPTER 109] AN ACT For the relief of Antone and Mary Lipka. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Anerica 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 Antone and Mary Lipka, of Whitehall, New York, the sum of $2,750, in full satisfaction of their claims against the United States for damage by fire to their property caused by employees of the Works Progress Administration who were burning brush on a road near their barn, on May 16, 1939: Provided,That no part of the amount appro- priated 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 mis- demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, May 12, 1941. ICHAPTER 110] AN ACT For the relief of the Allentown Airport Corporation. 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 the Allentown Airport Corporation the sum of $277.44, representing an additional charge for electric service furnished the Bureau of Air Commerce, Department of Commerce, and the Bureau of Federal Airways, Civil Aeronautics Authority, during the period May 1, 1938, to March 6, 1939, in excess of the amount agreed upon under 905 11 U.. c. §§ 301- 303. 298 U.S. 513. Proviso. May 12, 1941 [H.R. 224] [Private Law 43] Antone and Mary Lipka. Payment to. Profito. May 12, 1941 [H. B. 701] [Private Law 44] Allentown Airport Corporation. Payment to.

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