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1113 60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 24-26--FEB . 15, 1946 WA-1194, dated January 9, 1942, with the Federal Works Agency, by reason of unavoidable delays on the part of other contractors and the Government in the construction and completion of a defense housing project at or near Sacramento, California, and to allow in full and final settlement of the claim the amount of not to exceed $3,140. There is hereby appropriated the sum of $3,140, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the payment of the said claim: 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 February 15, 1946. [CHAPTER 25] AN ACT For the relief of Paul E. Tacy. 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 Paul E. Tacy, of Monterey, California, the sum of $23.50, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for compensation for property damage sustained by him when his automobile was struck by a United States Army vehicle on Fountain Avenue, in Pacific Grove, California, on October 28, 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 attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any con- tract 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 15, 1946. [CHAPTER 26] AN ACT To compensate Clement Euziere, an inhabitant of French Morocco, for personal injuries caused by a naval vehicle near Oran, Algeria, on September 21, 1943. 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 Clement Euziere, a resident and inhabitant of French Morocco, the sum of $2,000, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States arising from an accident occurring near Oran, Algeria, on September 21, 1943, in which he sustained permanent injuries, to wit: the loss of his left leg at the level of the upper third of the thigh: 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 con- trary 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 15, 1946. February 15 1946 [S. 1231] [Private Law 385] Paul E. Tacy. February 15 1946 [i. 13611 [Private Law 386] Clement Euziere.