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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 567-569-JUN 19,1948 [CHAPTER 567] (62 STAT. AN ACT June 19, 1948 AN ACT [H. R. 636] For the relief of W. A. Knox, W. L. M . Knox, and Frank C. Morris, operating as [Private Law 364] Knox Lumber Sales Company, of Thomson, Georgia. W. A. Knox and others. June 19, 1948 [H. R . 1222] [Private Law 365] Mr.andMrs. M. C. Lewis. 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 W. A. Knox, W. L . M. Knox, and Frank C. Morris, operating as Knox Lumber Sales Com- pany, of Thomson, Georgia, the sum of $10,543.85, in full satisfac- tion of its claim against the United States for compensation for bal- ance due to Knox Lumber Sales Company for lumber shipped to Campagna Construction Company, Incorporated, Easthampton, Massachusetts, as directed by the War Department, pursuant to an allocation placed with Knox Lumber Sales Company through the Central Procurement Agency, Office of Chief of Engineers, War Department, the Central Procurement Agency having failed to advise the Knox Lumber Sales Company, prior to shipment, of the financial condition of the consignee: 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 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 $10,000. Approved June 19, 1948. [CHAPTER 568] AN ACT For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Lewis. 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, $200 to Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Lewis, of Wildersville, Tennessee, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by them as a result of a collision involving a United States Army truck on the highway just north of La Vergne, Tennessee, on August 14, 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 ren- dered in connection with this claim, andthe 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 19, 1948. [CHAPTER 5691 June 19, 1948 [H. R.1726 [Private Law 3661 Elsie L. Rosenow. AN ACT For the relief of Elsie L. Rosenow. 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, 1380

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