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 RJune 30, 1945 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 216, 229, 30- -Jul 2, 1945 [59 STAT. of April 26, 1944, be, and the same is hereby, extended to and includ- ing July 27, 1944, and jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon The Tax Court of the United States, and it is hereby authorized and directed to hear and determine on the merits under the Renegotiation Act, such petition as heretofore filed or as hereafter amended, any finding, determination, judgment, rule of law, or statute to the con- trary notwithstanding. Approved June 30, 1945. [CHAPTER 229] July 2,1945 [H. R.802] [Private Law 108] Alaska Native Brotherhood, Camp No. 1. July 2, 145 [H. R. 892] [Private Law 109] Madeline J. Mac- Donald. AN ACT For the relief of camp numbered 1, Alaska Native Brotherhood, Sitka, Alaska. 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 camp numbered 1, Alaska Native Brotherhood, of Sitka, Alaska, the sum of $6,000, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for compensation for damages sustained by said organization on account of the destruction of the Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall by fire on January 13, 1943, occasioned by the negligence of agents of the United States Army who were in posses- sion of the hall: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or deliv- ered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlaw- ful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person vio- lating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved July 2, 1945. [CHAPTER 230] AN ACT For the relief of Madeline J. MacDonald. 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 Madeline J. Mac- Donald, 310 West Ten Mile Road, Royal Oak, Michigan, the sum of $78.95, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for reimbursement of the cost of travel from Royal Oak, Michigan, to Sweetwater, Texas, while under official orders to report for Women's Airforce Service Pilot training, which training was terminated while the claimant was en route to Sweetwater, Texas, as a result of admin- istrative action based on recommendations by Members of the House of Representatives: Provided, That no part of the amount appropri- ated in thisAct 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 July 2, 1945.

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