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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 411-413-OCT. 11, 13,1945 [CHAPTER 411] October 11, 1945 [8. 1062] (Private Law 218] Navy personnel and former Navy person- nel. Reimbursement. October 13, 1945 [8. 136] [Private Law 219] Oregon Caves Re- sort, Grants Pass, Oregon. October 13, 1945 [S. 6731 [Private Law 220] Lee D. Hoseley. [59 STAT. AN ACT To reimburse certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for personal property lost or damaged as the result of a fire at the naval auxiliary air station, Pungo, Norfolk, Virginia, on February 13, 1945. 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, such sum or sums, amounting in the aggregate not to exceed $2,216.78, as may be required by the Secretary of the Navy to reimburse, under such regulations as he may prescribe, certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for the value of personal property lost or damaged as the result of a fire at the naval auxiliary air station, Pungo, Norfolk, Virginia, on February 13, 1945: 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 October 11, 1945. [CHAPTER 412] AN ACT For the relief of the Oregon Caves Resort. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled t That the Oregon Caves Resort, Grants Pass, Oregon, is hereby relieved from its lia- bility for franchise fees for the years 1934 and 1935 under contract with the Department of Agriculture in the amount and to the extent that these fees exceed those that would have been due for the years 1934 and 1935, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, under the terms of the renegotiated contract between the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, and the Oregon Caves Resort, dated January 1, 1936, had this latter contract been in full force and effect on January 1, 1934. Approved October 13, 1945. [CHAPTER 413] AN ACT For the relief of Lee D. Hoseley. 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 Lee D. Hoseley, of Klamath Falls, Oregon, the sum of $5,000, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for compensation for injuries sus- tained by him on or about August 21, 1940, while he was engaged in fighting a forest fire on the Klamath Indian Reservation in the State of Oregon: 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- 774