59 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CHS. 348-350-JULY 31, 1945 [CHAPTER 3481 AN ACT For the relief of Sam Swan and Aily Swan. 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 Sam Swan and Aily Swan, of Williamson, West Virginia, the sum of $2,000. The pay- ment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Sam Swan and Aily Swan against the United States on account of damage to their home, owned jointly by them, caused by an explosion on October 13, 1941, in a stone quarry where blasting operations were being conducted by the Work Projects Administration: 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 July 31, 1945. [CHAPTER 349] AN ACT For the relief of Alaska D. Jennette. 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 Alaska D. Jennette, of Buxton, North Carolina, the sum of $480.06 in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for loss of personal property sustained by him in the fire of the lighthouse sta- tion white employed at the Cobb Point Bar Light Station, on Decem- ber i, 1939: 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 ren- dered 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 July 31, 1945. [CHAPTER 350] AN ACT For the relief of Sam D. Moak. 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 Sam D. Moak, of Norfield, Mississippi, the sum of $1,250, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damages sustained by him on account of the destruction of a concrete building by the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Engineers Combat Battalion on the 29th of May 1944; said building being destroyed by this combat battalion without any authority whatever given by the owner, Sam D. Moak: July 31, 1945 [H. R. 1308] [Private Law 173] Sam Swan and Aily Swan. Jnlya 8 19456 [H. . 1346] [Private Law 174] Alaska D. Jennette. July 31, 1945 [H. R. 1486] [Private Law 171] Sam D. Moak.
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