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 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 1ST SESS. - CHS. 56-58-APR. 16, 1945 United States for services rendered Jesse L. Becker, Junior, private, first class, United States Marine Corps, from March 26, 1941, to April 3, 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 April 16, 1945. [CHAPTER 57] AN ACT For the relief of the Southern Bitumen Company, of Ensley, Alabama. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Adminis- trator of the Federal Works Agency is hereby authorized and directed to relieve the Southern Bitumen Company, of Ensley, Alabama, of all claims of the Federal Works Agency, amounting to $13,500, cover- ing liquidated damages for delays due to unusual labor shortages, low priorities, failure to obtain rights-of-way, and exceptional inclement weather conditions, in connection with the completion of work under a contract entered into between the Federal Works Agency and the Southern Bitumen Company for the construction of an outfall sewer at Anniston, Alabama, project numbered Ala. 1-160 (F). Approved April 16, 1945. [CHAPTER 58] AN ACT To provide for the reimbursement of certain civilian personnel for personal property lost as a result of the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong and Manila. 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 $5,079, as may be required to reimburse, under such regulations as he may prescribe, Arthur J. Campbell, James J. Saxon, and Kenneth Q. N. Wong, each employed or formerly employed by the Treasury Department. and William Henry Taylor, formerly alternate American member of the Stabilization Board of China, for the value of personal property lost or destroyed at their posts of duty as a result of the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong and Manila: Provided, That the reim- bursement on account of any item of said property shall not exceed the purchase price of the particular item less such amount as may be considered appropriate on account of its depreciated value at the time of its destruction or loss: Provided further,That if any of the bene- ficiaries under this Act shall have died before the payment herein authorized is made to him, said payment shall be made to his estate: And provided further, 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 April 16, 1945. 695 April 1, 194 [I. R. 266] [Private Law 27] Southern Bitumen Company. April 16,1945 [H. R. 990] [Private Law 28] Arthur J. Campbell and others. Reimbursement. Limitation.

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