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 60STAT.] 79TH CONG., 2D SESS. -CHS. 940-942-AUG. 9, 1946 [CHAPTER 940] AN ACT For the relief of J. P. Kerr and Robert P. Kerr. 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 J. P. Kerr, the sum of $6,600, and to Robert P. Kerr, the sum of $900, both of Versailles, Illinois, in full settlement of all claims against the United States. Said sum of $900 is to compensate Robert P. Kerr for operating a pump in the years 1942 and 1943, and said sum of $6,600 is to com- pensate J. P. Kerr for damages he suffered from the loss of income from crops, costs of an abstract of title and a guaranty of title, due to the failure of the Illinois Defense Relocation Corporation, an agent of the United States Government, to comply with its contract to purchase from J. P. Kerr certain lands owned by him in Brown County, Illinois: 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 9, 1946. [CHAPTER 941] AN ACT AN ACT For the relief of Materials Handling Machinery Company, Incorporated. 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 $3,326.10 to Materials Handling Machinery Company, Incorporated, in full and final settlement of all claims for price adjustment as agreed to by the Government but not paid, growing out of War Department contract numbered W-2789-tc-2160, as amended and modified, dated August 25, 1943, for the furnishing of fourteen thousand pallets, hard- wood: 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 the presentation of this claim to the proper committees of Congress, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the con- trary 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 9, 1946. [CHAPTER 942] AN ACT For the relief of Lippert Brothers. 1321 August 9, 1946 [H. R. 20931 [Private Law 889] J. P. Kerr and Rob- ert P. Kerr. August 9,1946 [H. R. 4860] [Private Law 8901 Materials Handling Machinery Company, Inc. August 9, 1946 [H. R. 6012l [Private Law 8911 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of thes B. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary pper Brothers. of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Lippert Brothers, general contractors, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the sum of $12,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of

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