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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 364, 365, 369-DEC. 17, 194 [57 STAT. [CHAPTER 364] AN ACT For the relief of Eric W. Rodgers. December 17,943 [S. 1282] [Private Law 160] Eric W. Rodgers. [CHAPTER 365] December 17, 194V [S. 1290] [Private Law 161] William Carroll Knox. December 17, 1943 [S. 990] [Private Law 162] Washington, Bran- dywine and Point Lookout Railroad Co. AN ACT For the relief of William Carroll Knox. 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 William Carroll Knox, of Winchester, Tennessee, the sum of $186.65, in full satisfac- tion of his claim against the United States for compensation for services rendered as United States commissioner at Winchester, Tennessee, for the period from October 22, 1942, to November 23, 1942, inclusive, such claim having been disallowed by reason of the fact that his tern of office as such commissioner expired prior to the time such services were rendered: 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 notwith- standing. 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 December 17, 1943. [CHAPTER 369] AN ACT For the relief of the Washington, Brandywine and Point Lookout Railroad Company. 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 accept the sum of $50,000 in full settlement and discharge of the indebtedness of the Washington, Brandywine and Point Lookout Railroad Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland, to the United States, including unpaid interest, evidenced by a note 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 Eric W. Rodgers, of Scotland Neck, North Carolina, the sum of $52.38, in full settlement of his claim against the United States for expenses incurred October 24, 1935, in transporting his dependent wife and children, and household goods, from his official station at Salisbury, North Carolina, to his official station at Raleigh, North Carolina, while employed as district manager of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation: 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 December 17, 1943.

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