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 1080 April 14, 1949 IS. 748] [Private Law 15] Charles L. Bishop. PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 55, 56, 59-APR. 14, 16, 1949 [63 STAT. of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Ella L. Browning, Bar Harbor, Maine, the sum of $3,552.50, in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States for compensation for damages to a swimming pool and stone terrace wall situated at Pointe d'Acadie, on Mount Desert Island, in connection with experimental work with ordnance materials conducted by the United States Navy at Bald Porcupine Island, Hancock County, Maine, in and after 1943, while such Bald Porcupine Island was occupied by the Naval Establishment under lease (NOy (R)-33877) executed by said Ella L. Browning, on September 15, 1943: 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 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 April 14, 1949. [CHAPTER 56] AN ACT For the relief of Charles L. Bishop. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster General is authorized and directed (1) to cancel all claims against Charles L. Bishop for payment of the sum of $350 representing the aggregate amount of money orders erroneously paid by the said Charles L. Bishop in 1944 while acting as assistant Navy mail clerk at the naval air station, Alameda, California, to a person then in the armed forces of the United States who had stolen such money orders and fraudulently endorsed them in his own favor; and (2) to pay to the said Charles L. Bishop, out of any money available for the pay of employees in the postal service, an amount equal to any portion of such sum heretofore paid by him pursuant to such claims. Approved April 14, 1949. [CHAPTER 59] Aril 16, 149 [ R. 1501] [Private Law 161 Guardian of Rose Mary Ammirato. AN ACT For the relief of the legal guardian of Rose Mary Ammirato, a minor. 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 to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 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 sustained as a result of an accident involving a United States mail truck, at the intersection of Fourteenth Avenue and Sixty-first Street, Brook- lyn, 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

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