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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 139, 140, 151-J UNE 25, 26, 1947 [61 STAT. [CHAPTER 139] June 2.,1947 [S. 425] [Private Law 20] Col. Frank R. Loyd. June 25, 1947 [S. 514] [Private Law 31] Guardian of Sylvia De Cicco. AN ACT For the relief of Colonel Frank R. Loyd. 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 Colonel Frank R. Loyd, of Laramie, Wyoming, (1) the sum of $604.49, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for the difference between (a) the amount he was actually allowed as compensation for the value of the personal property which he lost as a result of the invasion of the Philippine Islands by the Japanese, and (b) the amount which the War Department has now determined should have been allowed to the said Colonel Frank R. Loyd as compensation for the value of such property: Provided. That no part of the amounts appropriated in this Act in excess oi 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by, any agent or attorney on account of services ren- dered in connection with these claims, 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. [CHAPTER 1401 AN ACT For the relief of the legal guardian of Sylvia De Cicco. 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 legal guardian of Sylvia De Cicco, a minor, of Jersey City, New Jersey, the sum of $2,000, in full satisfaction of the claim of the said Sylvia De Cicco against the United States for compensation for personal injuries sus- tained by her as a result of an accident which occurred when she was struck by a United States Army sedan at 228 Princeton Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey, on June 8, 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 June 25, 1947. [CHAPTER 151] June 26, 1947 AN ACT [H. R. 36041 To authorize The Methodist Home of the District of Columbia to make certain Private Law 32] changes in its certificate of incorporation with respect to stated objects. The Methodist Home, D. C. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the the United States of America in Congress assembled, That The Methodist Home of the District of Columbia, a corporation organ- ized under the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of Columbia, by certificate of incorporation filed on January 11, 1889, is authorized to make such changes in the object clause of such certificate of incorporation as may be considered necessary to 976

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