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63 STAT.] 81ST CONG., 1ST SESS.-CHS. 608-611- -OCT. 5, 1949 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 con- viction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved October 5, 1949. [CHAPTER 609] AN ACT For the relief of Robert E. Bridge and Leslie E. Ensign. 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 Robert E. Bridge, of Hamilton, Washington, the sum of $258.08, and to Leslie E. Ensign, of Hamilton, Washington, the sum of $222.56. The payment of such sums shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Robert E. Bridge and the said Leslie E. Ensign against the United States for reimbursement for property lost when the boat they were using in the course of their duties as employees of the Fish and Wildlife Service capsized in Alaska on August 22, 1947, without fault on their part: Provided, That no part of either of the sums 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 the claim settled by the payment of such sum, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary not- withstanding. 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 October 5, 1949. [CHAPTER 610] AN ACT For the relief of Howard E. Giroux. 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 Howard E. Giroux, of Medford, Massachusetts, the sum of $76. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Howard E. Giroux against the United States for property damage and personal injury sustained in assisting on June 28, 1946, in the capture of an escaped naval prisoner: 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 October 5, 1949. 1185 October 5, 1949 [H. R . 1620] [Private Law 286] Robert E. Bridge. Leslie E. Ensign. October 5, 1949 [H. R . 1800] [Private Law 287] Howard E. Olroux. AN ACT For the relief of Frank G. Moore. October 5, 1949 [H. . 2076] [Private La 2881 Be it enacted by the Senate nd House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary n ko. MGoo 81939'--60 -P -r. --- 7 (CHAPTER 611]