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 PRIVATE LAWS--CHS. 293, 294, 30-JULY 6, 14, 1945 [59 STAT. more, Massachusetts, the sum of $1,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Osborne E. McKay and his wife against the United States on account of property damage sustained by them as the result of a fire which occurred in the hold of the United States Army transport James Parker at pier 6, Cris- tobal, Canal Zone, on November 10, 1942: 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 July 6, 1945. July 6,1945 [H. B. 2515] [Private Law 1521 Harland Bartholo- mew and Associates. July 14, 1945 [s. v01] IPrivate Law 153] Mr. and Mrs. James E. McGhee. [CHAPTER 294] AN ACT For the relief of Harland Bartholomew and Associates. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- troller General of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to settle and adjust the claim of Harland Bartholomew and Associates, Saint Louis, Missouri, on account of increased costs incurred by the said firm in the performance of its contract numbered WA-1216, dated January 5, 1942, with the Federal Works Agency by reason of unavoidable delays on the part of other contractors and the Government in the construction and completion of certain defense housing projects at or near Norfolk, Virginia, and to allow in full and final settlement of the claim the amount of, not to exceed, $58,700. There is hereby appropriated the sum of $58,700, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the payment of the said claim: 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 con- trary 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 July 6, 1945. [CHAPTER 3041 AN ACT For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. James E. McGhee. 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 Mr. and Mrs. James E. McGhee, of Jacksonville, Florida, the sum of $5,760, in full satis- faction of their claim against the United States for compensation for the death of their son, Millard E. McGhee, who was killed when he was struck by the motor falling from a United States Army aircraft which crashed at Jacksonville, Florida, on July 20, 1944: 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

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