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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 49-51 -FEB. 22, 1944 troller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to settle and adjust the claim of Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Morhouse, Medical Corps United States Army, for reim- bursement of the value of his personally owned automobile which was expropriated by Army authorities on January 14, 1942, at Bataan, Philippine Islands, for use by the United States Army, and to allow in full and final settlement of the claim not to exceed $350. There is hereby appropriated the sum of $350, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the payment of the claim: 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 22, 1944. [CHAPTER 50] AN ACT For the relief of Spencer Meeks. 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 Spencer Meeks, the sum of $3,475, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for damages for perma- nent injuries sustained on May 9,1941, when he was struck by a bullet fired from the pistol range of the Savannah, Georgia, Air Base of the United States Army Air Force while the said Meeks was performing his duties, as an employee of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Com- pany, in a building situated beyond the boundaries of the Savannah Air Base: 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 22, 1944. [CHAPTER 511 February, 1944 [H. R. 3351] [Private Law 201] Howard L. Pember- ton. AN ACT For the relief of Howard L. Pemberton. 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 Howard L. Pemberton, Kalamazoo, Michigan, the sum of $1,718.12. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Howard L. Pemberton against the United States because of damage to his air- plane which was struck on June 14, 1943, while parked at Lambert Field, St. Louis, Missouri, by a United States Navy airplane taxying across such field: 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 %* February 22, 1944 [H. R. 3332] [Private Law 200] Spencer Meeks. [58 STAT.

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