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 1420 [CHAPTER 820] July 2,1948 AN ACT [H. R. 1490] For the relief of the United States Radiator Corporation of Detroit, Michigan. [Private Law 455] United States Ra- diator Corp. July 2, 1948 [H. R. 6428] [Private Law 4561 Luther Brothers Construction Co. 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 the United States Radiator Corporation of Detroit, Michigan, the sum of $491,187.89, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for losses sustained in the manufacture of magnesium sand castings for Government contractors engaged in the manufacture of fighting, training, and transport airplanes for use by the Army Air Forces in the prosecution of the war, the said losses having been occasioned pri- marily by reason of the corporation's reliance upon representations and assurances made in good faith by agents of the Government but which were not fulfilled: 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 2, 1948. [CHAPTER 821] AN ACT To reimburse the Luther Brothers 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 the Northern District of Texas to hear, determine, and render findings of fact as to the amount of loss, if any, sustained by Luther Brothers PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 803, 820, 821 -JULY 2, 1948 [62 STAT. against the United States for the loss sustained by reason of nonpay- ment of the balance of the price of a shipment of southern yellow pine lumber sent by the shipper on August 3, 1944, upon the telephonic order of the Birmingham, Alabama, office of the Central Procurement Agency, Office of the Chief of Engineers, Army Services Forces, to the Campagna Construction Company, Easthampton, Massachusetts, for use by such company in the execution of a contract with the United States Government. The Central Procurement Agency had stipu- lated that such shipment be made by sight draft with bill of lading attached because of the unsound financial condition of the Cam- pagna Construction Company, but the telephonic order of the Birm- ingham office of such Agency indicated that such shipment be made an open account in accordance with wartime procurement prac- tices, and the shipper received only a part of the price of the lumber as a result of the subsequent bankruptcy of the Campagna Construction Company: 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 convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved July 2, 1948.

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