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 63 STAT.] 81ST ONG., 1ST SESS.- CHS. 528, 534, 549, 550Aug 31 1949 Sept. 3, 7, 1949 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 August 31, 1949. [CHAPTER 534] JOINT RESOLUTION To authorize the President to issue posthumously to the late John Sidney McCain, vice admiral, United States Navy, a commission as admiral, United States Navy, and for other purposes. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congressassembled, That the President is author- ized to issue posthumously to the late John Sidney McCain, late a vice admiral, United States Navy, a commission as admiral, United States Navy, as of September 6,1945. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized and directed to amend the records of the Navy Department so as to carry the said John Sidney McCain as an admiral, United States Navy, to rank from September 6,1945. Approved September 3, 1949. [CHAPTER 549] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of James Lander Thomas. 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 estate of James Lander Thomas, deceased minor son of J. L. Thomas and Viola Wood Thomas, of Thomas, Louisiana, the sum of $5,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of the death of the said James Lander Thomas which resulted from an accident on August 12, 1939, in the gymnasium of the Thomas High School, Thomas, Louisiana, while such gymnasium was under construction by the National Youth Administration: Pro- vided, 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 September 7, 1949. 1171 September, 1949 [H. J. Res. 281] [Private Law 250] John Sidney Mc- Cain. Posthumous com- mission as admiral, USN. September 7,1949 [H. R. 1065] [Private Law 251] James Lander Thomas, estate. [CHAPTER 550] AN ACT For the relief of Conrad L. Wirth. 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 Conrad L. Wirth, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, the sum of $85.86, in September 7, 1949 [H. B. 1446] [Private Law 2521 Conrad L. Wirth.

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