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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 517-519-DEC. 3, 1945 lost in the sinking of the S. S. Maasdam on June 26, 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 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 December 3, 1945. [CHAPTER 518] December 3, 1945 [H. R. 850] [Private Law 274] Sybil Georgette Townsend. AN ACT For the relief of Sybil Georgette Townsend. 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 Sybil Georgette Town- send, 1605 Ainslie Street, Chicago 40, Illinois, the sum of $59, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for reimbursement of the cost of travel from Chicago, Illinois, to Sweetwater, Texas, while under official orders to report for Women's Airforce Service Pilot training, which training was terminated while the claimant was en route to Sweetwater, Texas, as a result of administrative action: 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 con- tract 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 December 3, 1945. [CHAPTER 519] AN ACT For the relief of Nannie Bass. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Nannie Bass. 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 Nannie Bass, Halls, Ten- nessee, the sum of $5,295. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Nannie Bass against the United States on account of the death of her husband, the late Sam Bass, as a result of being struck, on August 20, 1944, in his own house by machine-gun bullets fired from an airplane in the service of the Army of the United States: Provided,That no part of the amount appropri- ated 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 serv- ices 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 misde- meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved December 3, 1945. December 3, 1945 [1i. R. 875] [Private Law 276] [59 STA.T.

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