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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 854-856-AUG. 7, 1946 [CHAPTER 854] August 7, 1946 [H. R. 62481 [Private Law 857] Capital Office Equipment Co. August 7, 1946 [H. R. 62551 [Private Law 858] Thomas A. Bed- dingfield and Opal May Beddingfield. [60 STAT. AN ACT For the relief of Capital Office Equipment Company. 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 the Capital Office Equipment Company, Sacramento, California, the sum of $125.02, in full settlement of all claims against the United States, for the value of an adding machine destroyed in a fire at the Office of Price Administration in Sacramento, California, on September 16, 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 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 August 7, 1946. [CHAPTER 855] AN ACT For the relief of Thomas A. Beddingfield and his wife, Opal May Beddingfield. 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 Thomas A. Beddingfield and his wife, Opal May Beddingfield, of Pyote, Texas, the sum of $2,400, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damages sustained by them as a result of the death by drowning of their minor son, Bobbie Glenn Bedding- field, in the enlisted men's swimming pool at the Pyote Army Air Base, Pyote, Texas, on December 23, 1945 and for the expenses incurred in connection with the burial of said minor: 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 August 7, 1946. [CHAPTER 856] AN ACT For the relief of Francesco D'Emilio. 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 $1,002.13, to Francesco D'Emilio, of 1639 South Camac Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries and expenses incident thereto sustained as the result of an accident involving a United States post office truck, near the intersection of Fifteenth and Locust Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on December 21. 1944: Provided, That 1308 August 7, 1946 1H. R. 6307] [Private Law 859] FranoeseoD'Emilio.

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