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 59 STAT.] 79mT CONG. , IST SESS.-CHS. 508, 509, 517--, 1945 Dec. 3 , 1949 unavailable items have occurred without fraud on the part of the former Treasurers, former Acting Treasurer, or Treasurer. SEC. 3. The Comptroller General of the United States is authorized and directed to allow credit in the accounts of W. A. Julian, Treasurer of the United States, for a sum not to exceed $8,236, representing unadjusted differences which occurred in the preparation of statements of disbursing officers' accounts during the period from January 1, 1940, to October 31, 1944. SEC. 4. There is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not to exceed the sum of $980.88, which shall be credited to the Treasurer's account to the extent neces- sary to adjust unavailable items resulting from certain shortages, five checks lost after payment, double payment upon claim of non- receipt of two original checks and six checks of which both the originals and duplicates were paid. SEC. 5. There is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not to exceed the sum of $143.56, of which the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay not to exceed $132.14 to William J. Gillin, pay-roll clerk and timekeeper, and not to exceed $11.42 to Harold Link, certifying officer, United States mint, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which amounts were paid by them to satisfy charges resulting from overpayments of salary to mint employees. Approved November 30, 1945. [CHAPTER 509] AN ACT For the relief of Rolla Duncan. 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 Rolla Duncan, Helena, Montana, the sum of $36.34, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for expenses incurred by an undersheriff of Daniels County, Montana, in transporting a prisoner from Scobey, Montana, to Great Falls, Montana, in July 1933: 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 November 30, 1945. [CHAPTER 517] AN ACT To reimburse certain Marine Corps personnel and former Marine Corps personnel for personal property lost in the disaster to the S. S. Maasdam on June 26, 1941. 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, such sum or sums, amounting in the aggregate not to exceed $2,859.35, as may be required by the Secretary of the Navy to reimburse, under such regulations as he may prescribe, certain Marine Corps personnel and former Marine Corps personnel for the value of personal property 797 W. A. Julian. Credit in accounts. Appropriation. Appropriation. William J. Gillin. Harold Link. November 30,1945 [H. R. 3225] [Private Law 272] Rolla Duncan. December 3, 1945 [S. 1218] [Private Law 273] Marine Corps per- sonnel and former Ma- rine Corps personnel. Reimbursement.

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