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60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 200 -202 --APR . 23 , 1946 property lost or destroyed as the result of water damage occurring in the baggage room, main bachelor officers' quarters, Marine Corps air station, Cherry Point, North Carolina, on February 20, 1944; and as the result of the destruction of commanding officers' quarters, amphibious training base, Ocracoke, North Carolina, on September 14, 1944: 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 23, 1946. [CHAPTER 201] AN ACT To revive and reenact the Act entitled "An Act granting the consent of Congress to the counties of Valley and McCone, Montana, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Missouri River at or near Frazer, Montana", approved August 5, 1939. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act approved August 5, 1939, granting the consent of Congress to the counties of Valley and McCone, Montana, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Missouri River, at or near Frazer, Montana, be, and is hereby, revived and reenacted: Provided, That this Act shall be null and void unless the actual construction of the bridge herein referred to be commenced within one year and completed within three years after the date of the termination of the unlimited national emergency proclaimed by the President on May 27, 1941. SEC. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved April 23, 1946. [CHAPTER 202] AN ACT To authorize the United States commissioner for the Sequoia National Park to exercise similar functions for the Kings Canyon National Park. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States commissioner for the Sequoia National Park, appointed pur- suant to section 8 of the Act of June 2, 1920 (41 Stat. 731, 733; 16 U. S. C ., sees. 66-68), shall exercise the additional functions of a United States commissioner for the Kings Canyon National Park. The United States District Court for the Southern District of California shall prescribe the rules of procedure and practice for the commissioner in the trial of cases and for appeal to the district court. SEC. 2. The commissioner shall have jurisdiction to issue process in the name of the United States for the arrest of any person charged with a violation of any of the rules and regulations made by the Secretary of the Interior in pursuance of law for the government and protection of the park, or with the commission within the park of a petty offiense against the law, and to try the person so charged, who, if found guilty, shall be subject to the punishment prescribed by section 3 of the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U. S. C., sec. 3), as 119 April 23, 1946 [8.16011 [Public Law 366] Bridge. Missouri River. 53 Stat. 1206 . 65 Stat. 1647. 50U.S.C., nSpp. V, app., note prec. i1. April 23, 194 [H. R. 24181 [Public Law 356] Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. U. S . commls- soner. Jurisdiction.