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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.- CHS. 752, 753, 776-JUNE 29, 30, 1948 when he was pinned against his automobile by a Bureau of Reclama- tion tractor operated by an enrollee in the Civilian Conservation Corps: 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 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 753] AN ACT For reimbursement of the Hawaiian Dredging Company, Limited. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy, out of funds heretofore appropriated for Public Works, Bureau of Yards and Docks, is hereby authorized to pay to the Hawaiian Dredging Company, Limited, as one of the contractors under contract NOy 3550, an amount not to exceed $14,610.21 as reim- bursement for, and in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of, the loss of its dump scow numbered 14, which scow, due to military exigencies arising out of the attack on Pearl Harbor, was abandoned and lost without negligence or fault on December 7, 1941, while in transit upon the open sea for the purposes of the contract: Provided, That no part of the amount authorized 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 29, 1948. 1413 June 29, 1948 [H. R. 6186] [Private Law 439] Hawaiian Dredging Company, Ltd. [CHAPTER 776] AN ACT For the relief of Charles Duncan Montieth. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled,That the Comptroller General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to cancel the indebtedness of Charles Duncan Montieth, of McLean, Virginia, in the amount of $165.14, arising out of the transportation of his house- hold effects from McLean, Virginia to Chicago, Illinois, upon transfer of his official station, while employed by the Department of the Interior, extension of authorization for such transportation not having been approved within the six-month period prescribed by regulations of the President of the United States issued under authority of the Act of October 10, 1940 (54 Stat. 1105). The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Charles Duncan Montieth, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, any amount heretofore credited to such indebtedness or refunded or paid to the United States on account of such indebtedness. In the audit and settlement of the account of any accountable officer of the United States, the payment of the amount for such transportation expenses shall be considered to have been duly and timely authorized. Approved June 30, 1948. June 30, 1948 [S. 2440] [Private Law 440] Charles Duncan Montieth.

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