Private Law 85–761

That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the trustees of the estate of L. L. McCandless, deceased, the sum of $65,894.29. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States arising out of the activities of the Armed Forces of the United States on and after December 7, 1941, with respect to the ranch operated by such trustees in the districts of Waianae and Waialua, Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii. Such activities resulted in the loss of cattle, livestock, and other personal property belonging to such estate, as well as the loss of certain leases of real estate issued by the Territory of Hawaii, all such loss as found by the United States District Court for the Territory of Hawaii as follows: (a) two hundred and eighty-seven head of cattle lost, $12,915; (b) cost to plaintiffs of recovering stray cattle, $2,079; (c) two hundred pigs, $3,000; (d) two horses, $250; (e) loss of five hundred bags, four hundred bags of algaroba beans and two hundred redwood posts, $190; (f) value of general leases 1740 and 1741 for four and one-third years, $41,460.29; (g) rental value of house and guest cottage, $6,000; total, $65,894.29: 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.