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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 58, 55, 56-APR. 5, 16, 1946 [CHAPTER 53] April 5, 1945 [8. 411] [Private Law 24] Mrs.Mae E. Sutton. April 16, 1945 I.. 201] [Private Law.25] DempseyIndustrial Furnace Corporation. AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Mae E. Sutton. 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 Mrs. Mae E. Sutton San Francisco California, the sum of $6,570.89, in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. Mae E. Sutton against the United States for injuries sustained when the automobile which she was driving was struck by an Army truck near Ord Village, California, on November 15, 1942: 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 misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved April 5, 1945. [CHAPTER 55] AN ACT For the relief of the Dempsey Industrial Furnace Corporation. 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 the Dempsey Industrial Furnace Corporation, Springfield, Massachusetts, the sum of $1,035. Such sum represents the cost to such corporation of furnishing salt as part of the equipment of a gas-fired salt bath type furnace supplied to the United States naval air station, Pensacola, Florida, pursuant to a contract dated May 13, 1943. Through a misinterpretation of the specifications issued with the request for bids, arising out of the fact that such corporation had never supplied the salt for furnaces of this type, the cost of furnishing the salt was not included in the price quoted by such corporation in submitting its bid: 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 not- withstanding. 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 April 16, 1945. [CHAPTER 56] April 16, 19 LH.R. 2061 [Private Law 26 saint incent's In- flrmary. Dr. Alvin W. 8trmm AN ACT For the relief of Saint Vincent's Infirmary and Doctor Alvin W. Strauss. 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, to Saint Vincent's Infirmary, of Little Rock Arkansas, the sum of $86.49 and to Doctor Alvin W. Strauss, of Little Rock, Arkansas, the sum of $100, in full satisfaction of their respective claims against the [59 STAT.

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