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 59 STAT.] 79rT CONG. , 1 ST SESS.-CHS. 391, 392-SEPT. 26, 30 , 1945 [CHAPTER 391] AN ACT For the relief of Canal Dredging 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 be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed topay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Canal Dredging Company the sum of $40,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States as the reasonable price for certain excavating work on Lake Okeechobee, Florida, performed for the Government by the said Canal Dredging Company and for which it has not been paid, as found by the Court of Claims in its decision of March 1, 1943, and heretofore reported to Congress: Provided That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with the presentation of this claim to the proper committees of Congress, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violat- ing the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved September 26, 1945. [CHAPTER 392] AN ACT For the relief of Glassell-Taylor Company, Robinson and Young. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary c of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, a out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $221,275.79, to Glassell-Taylor Company, Robinson and Young, in full satisfaction of their claim against the United States under contract numbered DAW-257-ENG-22, dated April 1942, entered into by Glassell-Taylor Company, Robinson and Young, with the United States Government through the United States engi- neers and providing for certain construction work at Karnack, Texas. Such claim arising from a change of orders, failure of the United States Government through its engineers to carry out provisions of the contract and the cancellation of agreements made with claimants: 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. [NoTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.-The foregoing act, having been pre- sented to the President of the United States on Tuesday, September 18, 1945, for his approval and not having been returned by him to the House of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approvaL] 767 September 26,1045 [H. B. 1713] [Private Law 202] Canal Dredging Company. September 30, 1945 [H. R. 1975] [Private Law 203] Qlassell-Taylor Company, Robinson nd Young.

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