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 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 1ST SESS.- CHS. 309-311-JULY 14, 1945 may be required by the Secretary of the Navy to reimburse, under such regulations as he may prescribe, certain Navy personnel for the value of personal property lost or damaged as the result of a fire at Naval Base Two, Rosneath, Scotland, on October 12, 1944: Pro- vided, 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 connec- tion 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 con- viction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved July 14, 1945. [CHAPTER 310] AN ACT To reimburse certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for personal property lost or damaged as a result of a fire in Quonset hut E-172 at the amphibious training base, Camp Bradford, naval operating base, Norfolk, Virginia, on January 20, 1945. 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 to, in the aggregate, not to exceed $981.30, as may be required by the Secretary of the Navy to reimburse, under such regulations as he may prescribe, certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for the value of personal property lost or damaged as the result of a fire in Quonset hut E-172 at the amphibious training base, Camp Bradford, naval operating base, Norfolk, Vir- ginia, on January 20, 1945: 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 July 14, 1945. [CHAPTER 311] AN ACT 749 July 14, 1945 8. 824] [Private Law 159] Navy personnel and former Navy person- nel. Reimbursement. July 14, 1945 For the relief of Ruby Doris Calvert, as administratrix of the estate of Frederick [8.867] Calvert, deceased. [Private Law 160] 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 Ruby Doris Calvert, as administratrix of the estate of Frederick Calvert, deceased, the sum of $2,421, in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of the death of the said Frederick Calvert as the result of an accident involving a vehicle of the United States Army in Reykjavik, Iceland, on November 14, 1942: Provided,That the claimant accepts such sum in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of the death of the said Frederick Calvert: And provided further, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum Frederick Calvert, estate.

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