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 1416 June 30, 1948 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 781, 782, 795--Jul 1' 1948 July i, 1948 [62 STAT. of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any per- son violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdeameanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved June 30, 1948. [CHAPTER 782] June 30, 1948 N ACT [H. R. 2696] For the relief of Otto Kraus, receiver of the Neafie and Levy Ship and Engine [Private Law 46] Building Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Otto ras. 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 Otto Kraus, receiver of the Neafie and Levy Ship and Engine Build- ing Company, the sum of $103,821.56, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the difference between the actual cost of the construction of three torpedo-boat destroyers and the amount paid by the United States under the contract entered into for the building of said boats, as found by the Court of Claims on January 8, 1940, and reported in Senate Document Numbered 161, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session: 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 per- son 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. July 1, 1948 111. It. 272U9 [Ilrivate Law 447] Guardian of Rose Mary Ammirato. [CHAPTER 795] AN ACT For the relief of the legal guardian of Rose Mary Anlmirato, a minor. Be it enacted by the Senate and Houwe of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay the sum of $3,500 to the legal guardian of Rose Mary Ammirato, a minor, of Brooklyn, New York, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, medical, hospital, and other expenses sus- tained as a result of an accident involving a United States mail truck, at the intersection of Fourteenth Avenue and Sixty-first Street, Brooklyn, New York, on August 20, 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 July 1, 1948.

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