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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 41-43-MAR. 24, 28 , 1945 [CHAPTER 41] March 24, 1945 I8. 625] [Private Law 19] Navy personnel and former Navy per- sonnel. Reimbursement. AN ACT To reimburse certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for personal property lost or damaged as the result of a fire at the United States naval training center, Farragut, Idaho, on July 10, 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 $6,763.55, as may be required by the Secretary of the Navy to reimburse, under such regulations as he may prescribe, certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for the value of personal property lost or damaged as the result of a fire at the United States naval training center, Farragut, Idaho, on July 10, 1944: 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 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 misde- meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be finedin any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved March 24, 1945. [CHAPTER 42] March 28 1945 [S. 77 [Private Law 20] AN ACT For the relief of Lindon A. Long. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Lindon A. Long. 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 Lindon A. Long, of Dothan, Alabama, the sum of $3,000, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for compensation for the death of his minor son, Emile Long, who died as the result of injuries sustained by him when he was struck by a United States Army truck in Dothan, Alabama, on June 3, 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 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 March 28, 1945. [CHAPTER 43] AN ACT For the relief of James M. Hiler. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,That the Comptroller General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to allow credit in the account of James M. Hiler, an employee of the Federal Public Housing Authority employed as housing manager of the Marine View Terrace housing project (project numbered CAL- 4745), Eureka, Humboldt County, Californa, in the sum of $162.70, together with interest thereon, public funds for which he is account- March 28, 1945 [8. 321] [Private Law 21] James M. Hiler. 692 [59 STAT.

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