1310 August 7, 1946 [H. R. 6423] [Private Law 862] Mrs. Ivan B. Hoi man. Angust 7, 1946 [H. R. 6593] [Private Law 863] Milton A. Johnson. Credit in accounts. Appropriation au- thorired. August 7,1946 [H. J. Res. 387] [Private Law 864] Thomas Parran and others. Acceptance of deco- rations. PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 859-861-AUG. 7, 1946 [CHAPTER 859] AN ACT [60 STAT. r- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- troller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to allow credit in the accounts of Milton A. Johnson, formerly superintendent and special disbursing agent, Yakima Indian Agency, Toppenish, Washington, for the sum of $2,119.34, represent- ing land rentals and irrigation operation and maintenance charges collected from lessees of Indian lands and embezzled by a former employee of said Indian agency. SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $2,119.34, which shall be deposited by the Secretary of the Treasury to the accounts diminished as a result of the embezzlements, as follows: 1. Official trust fund checking account of the special disbursing agent of the Yakima Indian Agency, $310. 2. 147473.1 Deposits, proceeds of labor, Yakima Indians, Wash- ington, $60. 3. 144777 Maintenance charges, irrigation system, Wapato-Satus project, Washington, $1,704.34. 4. 144768 Maintenance charges, irrigation system, Toppenish- Simcoe project, Washington, $45. Approved August 7, 1946. [CHAPTER 861] JOINT RESOLUTION Granting permission to Thomas Parran, Surgeon General of the Public Health Service; Rolla E. Dyer, Assistant Surgeon General, Public Health Service; Howard F. Smith, Assistant Surgeon General, Public Health Service; Herbert A. Spencer, medical director, Public Health Service; Vance B. Murray, medical director Public Health Service; and Gilbert L. Dunnahoo, medical director, Public Health Service, to accept and wear certain decorations bestowed upon them by France, Cuba, Mexico, Chile, Finland, and Luang-Prabang. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Thomas Parran, Sur- geon General of the Public Health Service, is authorized to accept and wear the decoration and diploma of the Ordre de la Sante Publique, For the relief of Mrs. Ivan B. Hofman. 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, the sum of $114, to Mrs. Ivan B. Hofman, of Gulfport, Mississippi, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States, as reimbursement for the said sum for money lost through burglary at the Gulfport, Mississippi, Office of Internal Revenue, for which she was held accountable, on April 19, 1946: 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 August 7, 1946. [CHAPTER 860] AN ACT For the relief of Milton A. Johnson, and for other purposes.
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