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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 688-690-JULY 27, 1946 in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Daniel S. Bagley, Junior, the sum of $545.10, and to Daniel S. Bagley, Senior, the sum of $150.05, both of Tampa, Florida, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by Daniel S. Bagley, Junior, and for property damage to the automobile of Daniel S. Bagley, Senior, sustained as the result of an accident involv- ing a United States Army vehicle in Tampa, Florida, on April 12, 1941: 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 27, 1946. [CHAPTER 689] July 27, 1946 [H. R. 34551 [Private Law 789] Chatham M. Tow- era July 27, 194 [H. R. 3623] [Private Law 790] William A. Pixley. AN ACT For the relief of Chatham M. Towers. 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, to Chatham M. Towers, former Collector of Taxes of the District of Columbia, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- priated, the sum of $4,237.65; to reimburse the said Chatham M. Towers for salary withheld and applied, amounting to $249.28; retire- ment annuities withheld and applied, amounting to $1,488.37; and the sum of $2,500 paid by the said Chatham M. Towers, on account of a shortage arising in the accounts of the said Chatham M. Towers during his service as Collector of Taxes for the District of Columbia, and which, upon investigation, have been shown to have resulted from peculations of agent officers who were not exclusively responsible to the said Chatham M. Towers, during his tenure as Collector of Taxes: Provided,That the total sum directed to be paid pursuant to this Act shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia: 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 27, 1946. [CHAPTER 690] AN ACT For the relief of William A. Pixley. 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 $154.35 to William A. Pixley, of Los Angeles, California, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the cost of a camera which was checked with the Capitol Police at the door of the House of Representatives, on October 10, 1941, and which was lost or stolen while in their custody: Provided, That no part of the 1280 [60 STAT.

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