PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 16 -18 -FEB. 14 , 1946 [CHAPTER 16] AN ACT For the relief of Florence Barrows. February 14 1946 [S. 1142] [Private Law 377] Florenoe Barrows. [CHAPTER 17] February 14 1946 [S. 11581 [Private Law 378] Winter BrothersCom- pany. February 14 1946 IS. 12941 [Private Law 379] Mr. and Mrs. Allan F. Walker. AN ACT For the relief of Winter Brothers Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congressassembled,That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Winter Brothers Com- pany, of Wrentham, Massachusetts, the sum of $2,400; the payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of such company against the United States on account of losses sustained in the execution of Navy contract numbered NXsx-37041, for the supply of pipe taps, entered into by such company on September 13,1943, such lossbeing due to a typographical error in the bid which, through a mutual mistake of fact by the contracting officer and the contractor, was not corrected in the signed contract: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- priated 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 February 14, 1946. [CHAPTER 18] AN ACT For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Allan F. Walker. 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 Mr. and Mrs. Allan F. Walker, of Sepulveda, California, the sum of $2,500, in full satisfac- 1110 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 hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Florence Bar- rows, of the town of Exeter, county of Kent, State of Rhode Island, the sum of $2,500, in full settlement for personal injuries sustained by her on December 18,1943, when she was injured by an Army truck, W-422452, operated by an enlisted man of the United States Army: 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 agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, 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 February 14, 1946. [60 STAT.
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