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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 3-5 -FEB. 26, 1943 [CHAPTER 3] A T ACTrP [57 STAT. February 26 1943 [S. 3051 For the relief of Master Gunnery Sergeant Eugene M. Martin, United States [Private Law 2] Marine Corps. Master Gunnery Sgt. Eugene M. Mar- tin. 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 is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Master Gunnery Ser- geant Eugene M. Martin, United States Marine Corps, the sum of $1,796.60, which sum represents the value of personal property lost as a result of a fire which occurred in public quarters numbered 143, United States Marine Barracks, Parris Island, South Carolina, on September 21, 1941: 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 misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved February 26, 1943. [CHAPTER 4] February 26, 1943 [S. 3061 [Private Law 3] Reimbursement of certain Navy per- sonnel. AN ACT To provide for the reimbursement of certain Navy personnel for personal property lost as a result of the disaster at the East Base, Antarctica, on March 21, 1941. 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, such sum or sums, amounting in the aggregate not to exceed $1,203.84, as may be required by the Secretary of the Navy to reimburse, under such regulations as he may prescribe, certain Navy personnel for the value of personal property lost incident to the emergency evacuation of the United States Antarctic Service Expeditions' Antarctic base on Neny Fjord, Marguerite Bay, Palmer Peninsula, Antarctica, on March 21, 1941: 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 serv- ices 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 February 26, 1943. [CHAPTER 5] February 26, 1943 [I. 418] [Private Law 4] Howard M. Sandus. AN ACT For the relief of Howard M. Sandus. 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 is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $5,700 to Howard M. Sandus, of Waukegan, Illinois, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for reimbursement for hospital and medical expenses incurred, and for compensation for personal injuries 648

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