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on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. xA.ny person violating the provisions of this Act shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000, Approved June 9, 1952. CHAPTER 385

Private Law 666 AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Cobb Nichols.

June 9, 1952 [H,R, 1099]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Cobb United t^taten of America in CongreHH asHembJed, That the Secretaryestate. Nichols, of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the executor of the estate of Cobb Nichols, deceased, late of Jackson, Alabama, the sum of $175, The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said estate against the United States for damage which resulted when the Corps of Engineers, in constructing a cut-off canal at Sunflower Bend, Tombigbee River, Alabama, during the period beginning November 9, 1937, and ending March 29, 1938, destroyed the means of land ingress and egress to certain property belonging to the said Cobb Nichols: 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 June 9, 1952. CHAPTER 386

Private Law 667 AN ACT For the relief of Thomas E. BeU.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the. United States of America in Comiress assembled. That Thomas E. Bell, Lincoln Park, Michigan, is hereby relieved of all liability to refund to the United States the sum of $609,70 heretofore paid to him as active-service pay for the period beginning October 12, 1946, and ending December 31, 1946, during which he was serving on active duty as a first lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. In the audit and settlement of the accounts of any certifying or disbursing officer of the United States, full credit shall be given for all payments made to the said Thomas E. Bell as active-service pay for the period beginning October 12, 1946, and ending December 31, 1946. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Thomas E. Bell, Lincoln Park, Michigan, the sum of $140. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Thomas E. Bell against the United States for compensation and allowances due him, as a first lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps Reserve, for the period beginning Januarv 1, 1947, and ending January 19, 1947. Approved June 9, 1952.

June 9, 1952 [H,R, 2902]

Thomas E. Bell.

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