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 60 STAT.] 79TH GONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 572, 573, 584-JULY 12, 16, 1946 deposited with him at Port Moresby, New Guinea, for transmission to payees in the United States, and stolen while in his custody on the night of November 15-16, 1943. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, an amount equal to the aggregate of any amounts which have been paid by the said Wayne C. Proper, or which have been withheld from amounts otherwise due him, in partial satis- faction of the claim of the United States arising by reason of such theft. Approved July 12, 1946. [CHAPTER 573] AN ACT For the relief of Frederic P. L. Mills. 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 hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Frederic P. L. Mills, of Deerfield, Massachusetts, the sum of $49.92, in full satisfac- tion of his claim against the United States for compensation for prop- erty damage caused by unidentified soldiers of the First Army break- ing into his house in Pepperell, Massachusetts, during the evening of September 2, 1941: Provided, That no part of the amount appropri- ated 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 serv- ices 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 in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved July 12, 1946. [CHAPTER 584] AN ACT For the relief of John Leberman. 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 John Leberman, of Lawton, Oklahoma, the sum of $7,500, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for compensation for a certain build- ing built by him and used as'a meat market on the Fort Sill Military Reservation, Oklahoma, which was acquired by the United States Army on April 1, 1942: Provided,That no part of the amount appro- priated 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 in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved July 16, 1946. July 12, 1946 [S. 1314] [Private Law 727] Frederic P. L. Mfla July 16, 1946 [. 1150] [Private Law 728] John Ieherman. 1255

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