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 687 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 22, 23, 26-MAR. 10, 13, 1945 regulations as he may prescribe, certain Navy personnel for the value of personal property lost or damaged as the result of a fire at the naval auxiliary air facility, Astoria, Oregon, on April 2, 1944: Pro- vided, 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 connec- tion with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provi- sions 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 23] AN ACT To provide an additional sum for the payment of a claim under the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the reimbursement of certain Navy and Marine Corps personnel and former Navy and Marine Corps personnel and certain Federal civil employees for personal property lost or damaged as a result of the hurri- cane and flood at Parris Island, South Carolina, on August 11-12, 1940", ap- proved April 23, 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 $1,333.33, as may be required by the Secretary of the Navy to reimburse, under such regulations as he may prescribe, Lieutenant Colonel Frank P. Snow, United States Marine Corps, for the value of personal prop- erty lost or damaged in the hurricane and flood at Parris Island, South Carolina, on August 11-12, 1940: 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 these claims, 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 26] AN ACT To provide reimbursement for personal property lost, damaged, or destroyed as the result of an explosion at the naval mine depot, Yorktown, Virginia, on November 16, 1943. 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 $3,000, as may be required by the Secretary of the Navy to pay claims, including those of naval and civilian personnel of the Naval Establishment, for pri- vately owned property lost, damaged, or destroyed as the result of an explosion at the naval mine depot, Yorktown, Virginia, on November 16, 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 March 10, 1945 [S. 212] [Private Law 8] Lt. Col. Frank P. Snow, U. S. M. C. March 13, 194 [8. 214] [Private Law 9] Naval and civilian personnel of the Naval Establishment. Reimbursement.

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