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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 17, 18, 21, 22-MAR. 1, 10, 1945 [59 STAT. sum from the money-order cash drawer at such post office during the night of October 24, 1940. Approved March 1, 1945. [CHAPTER 18] March 1, 1945 IS. 335] [Private Law 5] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Amy McKnight. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Mrs. Amy Mc- United States of America in Congress assembled, That sections 15 to ight. 20, inclusive, of the Act entitled "An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the per- 39 Stat. 74 7. formance of their duties and for other purposes", approved September 7, 1916, as amended, are hereby waived in favor of Mrs. Amy McKnight, widow of George McKnight, a former employee of the War Department at Fort Peck, Montana, whose death on February 20, 1936, is alleged to have resulted from pneumonia contracted while in the performance of duty prior to February 12, 1936, and the United States Employees' Compensation Commission is authorized to receive and consider her claim under the remaining provisions of the said Act: Provided,That claim hereunder shall be filed within six months from the approval of this Act: Provided further, That no benefits shall accrue prior to the approval of this Act. Approved March 1, 1945. March 10, 1945 [8. 211] [Private Law 6] Ensign Frederick Matthews McCord, U. .N.R. [CHAPTER 21] AN ACT For the relief of Ensign Frederick Matthews McCord, United States Naval Reserve. 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, the sum of $187.90, to Ensign Frederick Matthews McCord, United States Naval Reserve, for the value of personal property destroyed as the result of a fire in officers' quarters Ferry Inn Annex, at United States Naval Base Numbered Two, on December 14, 1943: 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 March 10, 1945. [CHAPTER 22] March 10, 1945 [S. 215] [Private Law 7] Navy personnel Beimbursoment. AN ACT To reimburse certain Navy personnel for personal property lost or damaged as the result of a fire at the naval auxiliary air facility, Astoria, Oregon, on April 2, 1944. 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 $780; as may be required by the Secretary of the Navy to reimburse, under such 686

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