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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 796, 797, 799-JULY 1, 2,1948 [CHAPTER 796] AN ACT For the relief of Aubrey F. Houston. 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 Aubrey F. Houston, Los Angeles, California, a ranger in the employ of the National Park Service, Death Valley National Monument, Death Valley, California, the sum of $1,701.94. Such sum represents the value of certain per- sonal property owned by the said Aubrey F. Houston and lost on November 1, 1945, when the Furnace Creek ranger residence (Furnace Creek Ranger Station, Quarters Numbered 4, Outsite, southeast corner of Furnace Creek Camp) occupied by the said Aubrey F. Houston was destroyed by fire originating from electric-light fixtures: 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. 1417 July 1, 1948 [H. R. 2889] [Private Law 448] Aubrey F. Houston. [CHAPTER 797] AN ACT For the relief of The William J. Burns International Detective Agency. 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 William J. Burns International Detective Agency the sum of $1.127.70. The payment of such sum shall be in full payment of all claims of the said The William J. Burns International Detective Agency against the United States for services rendered during the months of April, May, and June, 1946, for the War Assets Administration for plant protection in connection with J. R. Geis and Company at Second and Chesapeake Avenue (Brooklyn) Baltimore, Maryland: 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 notwith- standing. 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. [CHAPTER 799] AN ACT For the relief of Gabel 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 United States for July 1, 1948 [H. R. 44411 [Private Law 419] The William J. Burns International Detective Agency. July 2, 1948 [H. R. 1734] [Private Law 450] Louis E. Gabel.

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