Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 60 Part 2.djvu/196

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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 679-681-JULY 26, 1946 July 26, 1946 [H. R . 5398] [Private Law 785] Walter J. Barnes ElectricCompanyand Maritime Electric Company, Inc. July 26, 1946 [H. R. 5792] [Private Law 786] Postmaster, Cincin- nati, Ohio. Postmaster, Staten Island, N. Y. in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Superior Coach Corporation, Lima, Ohio, the sum of $66,143.86. Such sum repre- sents damages sustained by the said Superior Coach Corporation in the performance of a contract with the War Department (contract numbered W1077 sc-1331) for the construction of seven hundred and ninety van bodies for truck K-56 because of the failure of the War Department to furnish chassis in sufficient quantities to enable such corporation to mount bodies thereon in time to meet the delivery schedule of the contract. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States arising from the performance of such contract: 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 per- son 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 July 26, 1946. [CHAPTER 680] AN ACT For the relief of Walter J. Barnes Electric Company and Maritime Electric Company, Incorporated. 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 Walter J. Barnes Electric Company and Maritime Electric Company, Incorporated, joint adventurers, the sum of $4,179.65. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said companies against the United States for the installation of electric wiring in three booster stations at Camp Livingston, Louisiana, and one sewer lift station at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana, as subcontractors under contracts numbered W-6942-qm-21 and numbered W-6942-qm-27, both dated July 5, 1941, between the United States Army and Pittman Brothers Construction Company, and which stations were not shown on draw- ings forming a part of the respective contracts, but which were shown and required by revised drawings dated December 23, 1941: 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 July 26, 1946. [CHAPTER 681] AN ACT For the relief of certain postmasters. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster General is authorized and directed to pay from the appropriation for Clerks, first- and second-class post offices" for the fiscal year 1946, to the postmaster at Cincinnati, Ohio, the sum of $35.33, and the postmaster at Staten Island, New York, the sum of $15.07, the respective amounts representing disallowances by the Comptroller 1278 [60 STAT.