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 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CHS. 63-65-APR. 17, 1945 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 17, 1945. [CHAPTER 64] AN ACT For the relief of Murray B. Latimer. 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 Murray B. Latimer, Hobbs, New Mexico, the sum of $884.91. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Murray B. Latimer against the United States on account of the destruction by fire of household goods, clothing, and other personal property while in transit from Roswell, New Mexico, to Fort Sumner,New Mexico. The said Murray B. Latimer, an aircraft sheet-metal worker employed by the War Department, was transferred on September 24, 1942, from the Roswell Army Flying School to the Fort Sumner subdepot. The War Department, which arranged for the shipping of such property, placed such a low valuation thereon that the said Murray B. Latimer sustained such loss of $884.91: 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 mis- demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined m any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved April 17, 1945. 697 April 17, 194 [H. R.787] [Private Law 32] Murray B. Latimer. [CHAPTER 65] AN ACT For the relief of H. J. Blexrud estate. 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 H. J. Blexrud estate, of Caledonia, Minnesota, the sum of $108.15, in full satisfaction of its claim against the United States for cost of replacing a damaged plate glass window which was destroyed on April 9, 1941, in a building described as the ground floor of number 120 East Main Street, Caledonia, Minnesota, said premises being under lease to the United States of America for the exclusive occupancy, for office and storage space, of the Houston County Selective Service Local Board: 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 17, 1945. 684 '-47--PT. 11 --- 2 April 17,1946 [H. R. 791] [Private Law 33] H. J. Blexrud estate.

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