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57 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , I BT SESS.-CHS. 66 , 69, 70-APR. 19, 24, 1943 not yet been reimbursed, in moving its equipment from the space in the Bush Terminal Buildings to its new location, and in otherwise complying with United States Navy Commandeering Order Num- bered N-3255, dated June 18, 1918: 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 April 19, 1943. [CHAPTER 69] AN ACT For the relief of James W. Kelly. 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 James W. Kelly, of Anchorage, Alaska, the sum of $271.50, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for the loss of his personal effects in the fire which destroyed a build- ing owned and operated by the Alaska Railroad, at Healy, Alaska, on May 9, 1941, while he was employed by the General Land Office as a fire patrol guard in its Alaskan Fire Control Service: 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 con- trary 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 24, 1943. [CHAPTER 70] AN ACT For the relief of W. Harold Shackleford. 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 W. Harold Shackle- ford, Washington, Indiana, the sum of $1,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by him on February 11, 1942, in Burns City, Indiana, when he was struck, while engaged in his lawful occupation, by a bullet fired by a marine on sentry duty at the naval ammunition depot: 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 guilt of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved April 24, 1943. 659 April 24, 1943 [H. R. 401] [Private Law 29] James W. Kelly. April 24, 19t [H. R. 91l] [Private Law 30] W. Harold Shacike- ford.