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56 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 775-777-DEC. 18 , 1942 1249 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, December 18, 1942. [CHAPTER 776] AN ACT For the relief of Joseph F. Gordon. 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 Joseph F. Gordon, of the District of Columbia, the sum of $1,083.30 . Such sum represents the amount of salary which the said Joseph F. Gordon would have received from March 1, 1941, to July 31, 1941, inclusive, as an inspector in the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor if he had been restored to such position on March 1, 1941, in accordance with the provisions of the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution to strengthen the common defense and to authorize the President to order members and units of reserve components and retired personnel of the Regular Army into active military service", approved August 27, 1940, as amended. The said Joseph F. Gordon left such position in January 1941, to perform active duty in the military service of the United States with the One Hundred and Sixty-sixth Field Artillery of the Pennsylvania National Guard, and upon being relieved of such duty was, contrary to the provisions of such joint resolution, denied reemployment prior to August 1, 1941: 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, December 18, 1942. [CHAPTER 777] AN ACT For the relief of Colonel Leo A. Luttringer, United States property and disbursing officer for Pennsylvania. 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 Colonel Leo A. Luttringer, United States property and disbursing officer for Penn- sylvania, the sum of $2,105.30 . The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of the claim of the said Colonel Leo A. Luttringer against the United States for reimbursement for a like sum which was (1) paid by him to the Keystone Tailoring Company, Philadel- phia, Pennsylvania, on vouchers for services for which bona fide bids were not obtained, (2) disallowed by the Comptroller General in the settlement of the accounts of the said Colonel Leo A. Luttringer, and (3) refunded by the said Colonel Leo A. Luttringer to the United States as a result of such disallowance. Approved, December 18, 1942. December 18, 1942 [H. R. 6924] [Private Law 608] Joseph F. Gordon. Payment to. 54 Stat. 858. 50U. .C., app. § 401-406; Supp. I, I 401. Provo. December 18, 1942 [H. R . 7650] [Private Law 809] Col. Leo A. Lut- tringer. Reimbursement.