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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 777 -779-JUNE 30, 1948 June 30, 148 [S. 2705] [Private Law 441] James and Phelps Construction Co. June 30, 1948 [H. R. 631] [Private Law 442] Allied Aviation Corp. June 30, 1948 [H. R. 1780] [Private Law 443] Cannon Valley Milling Co. [CHAPTER 777] AN ACT To reimburse the James and Phelps Construction Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the District Court of the Western District of Oklahoma to hear, determine, and render findings of fact as to the amount of loss, if any, sustained by James and Phelps Construction Company, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Reclamation Bureau contracts numbered 12r-15920 and 124-15994 arising out of or attributable to the alleged failure of the Government to supply materials as provided for in said contracts. SEC. 2. The court shall cause such findings to be certified to the Sec- retary of the Treasury, who is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, the amount set forth in said findings to the James and Phelps Construction Company. Approved June 30, 1948. [CHAPTER 778] AN ACT For the relief of the Allied Aviation Corporation. 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, to Allied Aviation Corporation, of Cockeysville, Maryland, the sum of $234,195.20, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for costs incurred and losses sustained under contract NO-S-92657 in the creation and production of experimental amphibious gliders for the Navy Department in the prosecution of the war, the said costs and losses having been occasioned primarily by reason of the corporation's reliance upon representations, commitments and assurances made in good faith by agcents of and on behalf of the Government but which were not fulfilled: Pro, idled, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act il excess of 10 per cent lm thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with the prosecution and collection of this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstand- ing. 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 30, 1948. [CHAPTER 779] AN ACT For the relief of the Cannon Valley Milling Company. 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 Cannon Valley Milling Company, Cannon Falls, Minnesota, the sum of $2,543.26. Such sum represents the amount paid by such company to the United States in settlement of a claim against such company made by the Office of Price Administration on account of certain sales bv such company of mill feed at prices in excess of those permitted by ievised 1414 [62 STAT.

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