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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 123, 131, 132-JUNE 23, 25, 1947 [61 STAT. 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 $10,000. Approved June 23, 1947. [CHAPTER 131] June 25, 1947 S. 317] [Private Law 22] Robert B. Jones. AN ACT For the relief of Robert B. Jones. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Robert B. Jones shall be considered to have been commissioned ensign, United States Naval Reserve, and placed on active duty as of December 8, 1941, to have continued on active duty in that rank until February 23, 1945, to have been promoted to the rank of lieutenant, junior grade, as of February 23, 1945, and to have served on active duty in that rank until February 28, 1946. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Robert B. Jones a sum of money equal to the active-duty pay and allowances due him by reason of the provisions of section 1 of this Act: 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 pro- visions 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 June 25, 1947. [CHAPTER 1321 AN ACT For the relief of Alva R. Moore. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Ava R. Moo United States of Anwmrica 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 Alva R. Moore, of Section, Alabama, the sum of $2,000, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for compensation for personal injuries sus- tained by him on March 11, 1943, at the Huntsville Arsenal, Hunts- ville, Alabama, as a result of handling in the course of his employment certain salvaged materials which were contaminated with mustard gas, after having been advised by a commissioned officer in charge of the salvage a the arsenal that the materials were not so con- taminated: Frovided, 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 June 25, 1947. June 25, 1947 [s. :611 [Private Law 21t]

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