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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 297-299-JUNE 10, 1946 [60 STAT. Key West, Florida, on January 1, 1945; in barracks at Manna Group, American Samoa Islands, on July 19, 1944; in Quonset hut 5, Tolosa, Leyte, Philippine Islands, on March 19, 1945; at officers' quarters 4 at United States Naval Mobile Hospital 9, on January 2, 1944; at Harrowbeer Airport, Plymouth, England, in January 1945; at officers' quarters OSS, Para-Military School, Chrea, Algiers, on June 2, 1944; at officer quarters I, naval air facility, Navy 129, on March 3, 1945; at Dewey unit, ships service building, naval training center, Sampson, New York, on January 15, 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 June 10, 1946. [CHAPTER 298] AN ACT To establish the civilian position of Academic Dean of the Postgraduate School of the Naval Academy and compensation therefor. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Naval Academy. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the civilian Academic Dean of Postgraduate School. position of Academic Dean of the Postgraduate School of the Naval Academy is hereby established. The Secretary of the Navy, upon the recommendation of the Postgraduate School Council, which shall consist of the Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent, and the Direc- tors of the Technical, Administrative and Professional Divisions of the Postgraduate School, shall appoint an academic dean to serve Compensation. for periods of not in excess of five years. The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to pay as compensation to such dean not more than $12,000 annually from appropriations made for operation of the Naval Academy and postgraduate school, and said dean shall be considered as a member of the civilian teaching staff of the postgraduate school of the Naval Academy insofar as provisions of law regarding retire- ment are concerned. Approved June 10, 1946. June 10, 1940 [I. R. 4300] [Public Law 403] Hawaii. Settlement of claims. [CHAPTER 2991 AN ACT For the relief of the county of Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii. 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 the county of Hawaii of the Territory of Hawaii, the sum of $1,550. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said county of Hawaii against the United States on account of prop- erty damages caused by personnel of the Fifth Marine Division of the United States Marine Corps, when they shot up, burned, or took away property belonging to the county of Hawaii, located adjacent to the quarry in engineer area numbered 1, Camp Tarawa, Marine Camps, Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii, during the period from approx- imately November 6, 1944, to December 12, 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 236 June 10, 1946 [S. 1854] [Public Law 402]