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 PRIVATE LAWS-OHS. 750-752-JUNE 29, 1948 [CHAPTER 750] AN ACT June 29,1s AN ACT [H. R.23951 For the relief of the Cypress Creek Drainage District of the State of Arkansas. [Private Law 436] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Cypress Creek United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary g Ditrit of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Cypress Creek Drainage District of the State of Arkansas, the sum of $7,500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Cypress Creek Drainage District against the United States on account of damage to its drainage system as the result of the activities of the War Relocation Authority: 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 29, 1948. [CHAPTER 751] June 29, 1948 [H. R. 2918] [Private Law 437] Sumner County Colored Fair Associa- tion, Gallatin, Tenn. June 29, 1948 [H. R. 41031 [Private Law 438] Charles M. Davis. AN ACT For the relief of the Sumner County Colored Fair Association. 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 Sumner County Colored Fair Association, Gallatin, Tennessee, the sum of $5,650. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Sumner County Colored Fair Association against the United States for the negligence of certain members of the armed forces of the United States, which negligence caused the destruction by fire on August 27, 1943, of the grandstand and caretaker's house owned by such association: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- priated 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 misde- meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved June 29, 1948. [CHAPTER 752] AN ACT For the relief of Charles M. Davis. 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 Charles M. Davis, Frannie, Wyoming, the sum of $10,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Charles M. Davis against the United States for personal injuries, which have resulted in permanent disability, sustained by him on June 21, 1939, near Deaver, Wyoming, 1412 [62 STAT.

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