Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 58 Part 2.djvu/96

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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 353-355-JUNE 30, 1944 [CHAPTER 353] June 30, 1944 [H. R. 39771 [Private Law 344] Harry Schultz. June 30, 1944 [H. R. 4528] (Private Law 345] L. M. Feller Com- pany and Wendell C. Graus. AN ACT For the relief of Harry Schultz. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Harry Schultz, the sum of $1,560.89 . The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of damage to real and personal property owned by him caused by a United States Navy airplane on October 30, 1943: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or deliv- ered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlaw- ful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person vio- lating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved June 30, 1944. [CHAPTER 354] AN ACT For the relief of L. M. Feller Company and Wendell C. Graus. 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 L. M . Feller Company and Wendell C. Graus, of Hastings, Minne- sota, the sum of $23,783.47, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for all increased costs and damages sustained, growing out of that certain contract W-631-eng 2695 dated June 10, 1942, for the construction of the administration area buildings at the Black Hills ordnance depot, Provo, South Dakota: 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 con- viction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved June 30, 1944. [CHAPTER 355] June 30, 1944 [H. R. 4707] [Private Law 348] J. Fletcher Lankton and John N. Ziegele. AN ACT For the relief of J. Fletcher Lankton and John N. Ziegele. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- troller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to settle and adjust the claim of J. Fletcher Lankton and John N. Ziegele on account of the increased costs incurred by the said firm in the performance of its architectural-engineering con- tract numbered WA-1101, dated January 24, 1942, with the Federal Works Agency, by reason of unavoidable delay on the part of other contractors in the construction and completion of the defense housing project at Wilmington, Illinois, and to allow in full and final settle- [58 STAT.