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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 2n SESS. -CHS. 183-185-MAR. 13, 1942 [CHAPTER 183] AN ACT For the relief of David B. Byrne. 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 David B. Byrne the sum of $181.25, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for losses incurred by him as the result of damages to personal property caused by fire while serving as a second lieutenant, in the Field Artillery School, at Fort Sill, Okla- homa, on October 1, 1940: 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, March 13, 1942. [CHAPTER 184] AN ACT For the relief of Nell Mahoney. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comptroller General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to remove from the records of his office the debt which has been raised therein against Nell Mahoney, junior clerk-typist, Houston County, Texas, Rural Rehabilitation office of the Farm Security Administration, Department of Agriculture, at Crockett, Texas, in the sum of $125.75, together with interest due thereon from date of loss, public funds for which she is accountable and which were stolen from her desk in the Houston County Rural Rehabilita- tion office, Crockett, Texas, without her fault, on September 18, 1940. Approved, March 13, 1942. [CHAPTER 185] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of John J. Murray. 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 estate of John J. Murray, formerly of Brasher Falls, New York, the sum of $1,121. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damage to meadow and pasture lands on the property known as the John J. Murray Estate, situated near Brasher, Saint Lawrence County, New York, as the result of the use of such lands by the War Department for the camp- ing and maneuvering of troops during field exercises in the month of August 1940: 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- March 13, 1942 [H. R. 4896] [Private Law 335] David B. Byme. Payment to. Proiso. March 13,1942 [H. R. 6478] [Private Law 336] Nell Mahoney. Relief of. March 13,1942 [H. R. 15351 [Private Law 337] John J. Murray. Payment to estate of. Provio

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