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 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CHS. 4 4 2, 445,44 - Nov 1,1945 N~ov. 6, 1945 [CHAPTER 442] AN ACT For the relief of J. Clyde Marquis. 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 J. Clyde Marquis, a former employee of the Department of State, the sum of $2,075.82, in full settlement of all claims against the United States to reimburse him for the expense incident to the return of his wife and personal effects from Rome, Italy, in 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 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 October 29, 1945. [CHAPTER 445] AN ACT For the relief of N. Owen Oxley and the legal guardian of Lamar Oxley, a minor. 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 N. Owen Oxley, of Kurthwood, Louisiana, the sum of $301.22, and to the legal guardian of Lamar Oxley, a minor, of Kurthwood, Loui- siana, the sum of $3,169.40, the said sums to be in full settlement of all claims against the United States of the said N. Owen Oxley for expenses incurred and losses sustained by him as the result of the injury of his minor son, Lamar Oxley, and of the said Lamar Oxley for the personal injuries sustained by him on March 14, 1944, as the result of the explosion of an antitank mine fuze found by Lamar Oxley in an abandoned United States Army maneuver area near Kurthwood Louisiana: Provided,That no part of the amount appro- priated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, 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 31, 1945. October 29, 1945 [H. R. 2172] [Private Law 235] J. Clyde Marquis. October 31, 1945 [H. R. 1563] [Private Law 236] N. Owen Oxley, and guardian of Lamar Oxley. [CHAPTER 4481 AN ACT For the relief of Winfred Alexander. 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 November 6, 1945 [H. R. 938] [Private Law 237] Winfred Alexander. 781

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