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1290 August 7, 1946 [S. 2260] [Private Law 813] Roy M. Davidson. 58 Stat. 390. 5U.8.C., Supp.V, 18s3. PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 762, 765, 766-AUG. 2, 7 , 1946 [60 STAT. of Little Rock, Arkansas, the sum of $2,325.09; to the estate of Alberta Wright, deceased, the sum of $5,000; to the estate of Desmark Wright, Junior, deceased, the sum of $1,000; to the estate of Harold Evans, deceased, the sum of $1,500; to the legal guardian of Bobby Dennis Wright, a minor, the sum of $500; and to the legal guardian of Irvin Lee Wright, a minor, the sum of $750, in full settlement of all claims of each of the said named persons and estates against the United States on account of damages sustained by them as the result of the crash of an Army airplane near Adams Field, Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sep- tember 12, 1945: Provided,That no part of the amounts 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 these claims, 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 August 2, 1946. [CHAPTER 765] AN ACT For the relief of Roy M. Davidson. 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 Roy M. Davidson, of Atlanta, Georgia, who was suspended from active duty as an investi- gator for the Office of Price Administration, Atlanta Regional Office, during the period beginning on August 24,1944, and ending on October 16, 1944, in contravention of the provisions of section 14 of the Vet- erans' Preference Act of 1944, a sum equal to the amount of compensa- tion he would have received had he not been suspended, less the amount of any compensation which he may have received from the United States for any part of such period: 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. SEC. 2. The Price Administrator of the Office of Price Administra- tion is authorized and directed to restore to the credit of the said Roy M. Davidson the total amount of annual leave with which he was charged during the period of the above-described suspension. Approved August 7, 1946. [CHAPTER 766] August 7, 1946 [H. R . 2091] [Private Law 814] Joseph E. Bennett. AN ACT For the relief of Joseph E. Bennett. 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 Joseph E. Bennett, doing business as Joseph E. Bennett Company, Boston, Massachusetts, the sum of $30,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for losses sustained under contract (DAW 175-eng-22, dated