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 1312 5U.S.C.§ 118c. August 8, 1946 [H. R. 1357] [Private Law 867] Otto Frederick Gno- spelius, estate. August 8, 1946 [H. R. 16331 [Private Law 868] Raymond Crosby. PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 863, 891, 892-AUG. 7, 8, 1946 [60 STAT. and directed to credit in the accounts of Colonel S. V. Constant, Gen- eral Staffs Corps, the sum of $1,179.27, public funds for which he is accountable, and which represent payments made under the Act of March 26, 1934 (48 Stat. 466), which have been disallowed by the Comptroller General: Provided,That the payees thereunder shall not be held pecuniarily liable. Approved August 7, 1946. [CHAPTER 891] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Otto Frederick Gnospelius, deceased. 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 the estate of Otto Frederick Gnospelius, late of Boston, Massachusetts, the sum of $5,700. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of the death on September 11, 1943, of the said Otto Frederick Gnospelius as a result of injuries sustained by him when, as a pedestrian, he was struck, on September 10, 1943, at the intersection of Old Colony Avenue and Redfield Street, Boston, Massachusetts, by a vehicle in the service of the Army of the United States: 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 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 August 8, 1946. [CHAPTER 892] AN ACT For the relief of Raymond Crosby. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress as.eembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Raymond Crosby, of Roachdale, Indiana, the sum of $411.79, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for payment to the postmaster at Roachdale, Indiana, by said Raymond Crosby for the purchase of War Savings stamps in 1918, which said amount was embezzled by the said post- master, and said War Savings stamps were never delivered to said Raymond Crosby: 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 8, 1946.

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