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57 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 369, 370,374-DEC. 17, 18 ,22 ,1943 dated July 6, 1918, in the principal amount of $50,000 executed by the company pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Control' Act, approved March 21, 1918, and to release all evidences of indebtedness and collateral held as security therefor. Approved December 17, 1943. [CHAPTER 370] AN ACT For the relief of Colonel E. H. Tarbutton. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 'epresentatives 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 Colonel E. H. Tarbutton, Quartermaster Corps, United States Army, $3,287.67, or so much of such sum as shall have been collected from him prior to the passage of this Act, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States as a result of the loss of public funds due to financial irregularities and frauds against the Government in the handling of public funds by Charles G. Beiler, a civilian employee of the Quartermaster Corps at Fort Jay, New York, during the period from March 17, 1927, to May 6, 1928, while Colonel Tarbutton was on duty as Post Quartermaster at Fort Jay and Governors Island, New York, and that neither Colonel E. H . Tarbutton nor any other person, except the estate of the deceased civilian employee, shall hereafter be held accountable or responsible for the loss of the funds so embezzled or misappropriated: 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 December 18, 1943. 717 40 Stat. 41 . December 18, 1943 [H. R. 255] [Private Law 163] Col. E . H. Tarbut- ton. [CHAPTER 374] AN ACT For the relief of Samuel Margolin. 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 Samuel Margolin, of Auburn, Maine, the sum of $1,727.50, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for compensation for property damage and personal injuries sustained and medical expenses incurred by him as a result of a collision of the truck which he was driving with a War Department sedan on Main Street, Lewiston, Maine, on January 10, 1943: 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 22, 1943. December 22,1943 [S. 1169] [Private Law 1641 Samuel Margolin.