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 60 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 2D SESS. -CHS. 552, 553-JULY 10, 1946 [CHAPTER 552] AN ACT For the relief of the Miami Herald, the Key West Citizen, and the Miami Daily News. 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, the sum of $139.23 to the Miami Herald; the sum of $66.14 to the Key West Citizen; and the sum of $293.55 to the Miami Daily News, all of the State of Florida, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for newspaper advertising contracted by the Navy Department during the period of September 13, 1942, and May 1, 1943: Provided,That no part of the amounts 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 these claims, and the same shall be unlawful, any con- tract 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 10, 1946. 1249 July 10, 1946 IS. 2292] [Private Law 713] Miami Herald, and others. [CHAPTER 553] AN ACT For the relief of William H. Morris. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That William H. Morris formerly employed by the Federal Public Housing Authority as the housing manager of the Safe Haven housing project (Alaska- 50076) at Anchorage, Alaska, is hereby relieved of pecuniary respon- sibility for the loss of $258, with interest thereon, public funds for which he was accountable and which were stolen, without his fault, from the Safe Haven housing project office some time between the close of business on December 2, 1944, and the opening of business on December 4, 1944. The Comptroller General is hereby authorized and directed to remove from the records of his office any indebtedness which may have been raised against Mr. Morris by the aforementioned theft. SEC. 2. 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 William H. Morris the sum of $186.67 in reimbursement for the amount deducted from Mr. Morris' salary as a result of the aforementioned theft: 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 10, 1946. July 10, 194 [IS. 2015] [Private Law 7141 William H. Morris.

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