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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 430, 440, 441-OCT. 16, 29, 1945 [59 STAT. [CHAPTER 430] October 16, 1945 [S. 1007] [Private Law 232] Mr. and Mrs. Ed- ward P. Standley. AN ACT For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Standley. 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 Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Standley, of Coquille, Oregon, the sum of $3,211.92, in full satis- faction of their claim against the United States for compensation for property damage sustained by them as the result of a United Sates Navy airplane crash which destroyed their grocery in Coquille, Oregon, on October 15, 1944: 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 October 16, 1945. [CHAPTER 440] AN ACT For the relief of Doctor Ernest H. Stark. 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 Doctor Ernest H. Stark, Paris, Texas, the sum of $98. Such sum represents payment for services rendered the United States during the calendar year 1942 by the said Doctor Ernest H. Stark in making physical examinations of prospective employees for positions with the United States engineer suboffice, Paris, Texas. Such medical services were rendered pursuant to the terms of a contract with the United States engineer office, Denison, Texas, but payment under such contract was disallowed by the Comptroller General of the United States on the ground that such contract had been entered into without authority of law. Approved October 29, 1945. [CHAPTER 441] October 29, 1945 [H. R. 240] [Private Law 234] Dr. James M. Hooks. AN ACT For the relief of Doctor James M. Hooks. 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 Doctor James M. Hooks, Paris, Texas, the sum of $766. Such sum represents payment for services rendered the United States during the calendar year 1942 by the said Doctor James M. Hooks in making physical examinations of prospective employees for positions with the United States engi- neer suboffice, Paris, Texas. Such medical services were rendered pursuant to the terms of a contract with the United States engineer office, Denison, Texas but payment under such contract was disallowed by the Comptroller General of the United States on the ground that such contract had been entered into without authority of law. Approved October 29, 1945. 780 October 29, 1945 [H. R. 2391 [Private Law 233] Dr.Ernest H. Stark.

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