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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 22 -24 -FEB. 21, 1944 [58 STAT. sustained by him as the result of an accident which occurred when the automobile in which he was riding was struck by a truck used for and under the control of the Work Projects Administration near Edinburg, North Dakota, on August 14,1941: 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 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 21, 1944. [CHAPTER 23] February 21, 1944 [S. 1417] [Private Law 176] American Legion. Jack Henry Post, No. 1. AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to donate and convey on behalf of the United States, to Jack Henry Post, Numbered 1, of the American Legion, Anchorage, Alaska, the wood-frame building, known as the Telephone and Telegraph Building, located on lots 7 and 8 in block 17, Anchorage townsite. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to donate and convey, on behalf of the United States, to Jack Henry Post, Numbered 1, of the American Legion, Anchorage, Alaska, that certain wood-frame building, known as the Telephone and Telegraph Building, located on land owned by said Jack Henry Post, Numbered 1, designated as lots 7 and 8 in block 17, Anchorage townsite, Alaska. Approved February 21, 1944. [CHAPTER 24] February 21, 1944 [S. 1494] [Private Law 177] William J. Burns International Detec tive Agency. AN ACT For the relief of the William J. Burns International Detective Agency. 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 the William J. Burns International Detective Agency, the sum of $1,402.50, in full satisfac- tion of its claim against the United States for compensation for services rendered the War Relocation Authority, from June 22 to July 26, 1942, in providing guards for the protection of alien and evacuee property stored in warehouses at various points in the State of Cali- fornia, the payment of such claim being prohibited by the provisions of the Act of March 3, 1893 (27 Stat. 591; U. S . C., title 5, sec. 53): 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 con- tract 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 21, 1944. 940

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