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c o p y PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE ’ ELEVENTH NAVAL DISTRICT sm mtm JfDIl~MF/8r so Ca l i f o r n i a l4*s /b 26 oi>*4se CHARGE ORDER *B 9 HOV 1951 Las Vegas Land A Water Company Las Vegas, Nevada Subject * Contract NOy(U) 22661 Gratuities Clause Gentlemen: Pursuant to the provisions of Section 631 of the Department of Defense Appropriation Act of 1962, the subject contract Is amended to Include the following clause: _______ (*) The Government may* by written notice to contractor, terminate the right of the contractor to proceed under this contract If It la found, after notice and hearing, by the secretary or his duly authorised representative, that gratuities (In the form of entertainment, gifts, or otherwise) were offered or given by the contractor, or any agent or reprweentatlve of the contractor, to any officer or employe© of the Government with a view toward securing a contract or securing favorable treatment with respect to the awarding or amending, or the making of any determinations with respect to the performing, ©f such contracts provided, that the existence of the facts upon which the secretary or hi# duly authorised representative makes such findings shall be in issue and may be reviewed In any competent court. *(b) In the event this contract Is terminated m provided In paragraph (a) hereof, the Government shall be entitled (1) to pursue the same remedies against the eon~ tractor as It could pur a tie in the ©vent of a breach of tic contract by the contractor, and (11) as a penalty in addition to any other damages to .which It may be m i titled by law, to exemplary d r a g e e in m amount (as determined by the secretary or M s duly authorised representative) which shall be not less than three nor more than ten times the costs Incurred by the contractor in providing any such gratuities to any such