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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 47 STAT. · July 31, 1926 · Private Law 53

Private Law 53.

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(/us/pvtl/72/52).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary Berta C. Hughes. Payment to, authorized. of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay to Berta C. Hughes, widow of John H. Hughes, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $500 in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States on account of the sale for alleged storage charges, not in fact due, by the Alaska Railroad Company at Nenana, Alaska, on July 31, 1926, of a drilling outfit belonging to such John H.
Hughes, deceased. Approved, June 14, 1932. For the relief of Charles Thomas. 1932-06-14 262 Chapter 47 Stat. 1673 72 1 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-12-27 private [CHAPTER 262.] AN ACT For the relief of Charles Thomas. June 14, 1932.[[H. R. 3724](/us/bill/72/hr/3724).][[Private, No. 53](/us/pvtl/72/53).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary Charles Thomas.
Payment to, for personal injury. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the legal guardian of Charles Thomas, the sum of $3,500 in full settlement for injuries sustained by him by being struck by an Army truck on Bell Avenue at Maxwell Avenue, Bayside, Long Island, on October 8, 1928: *Provided*, That no part of the amount appropriated *Proviso*. Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees. in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim.
It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating Penalty for violation. 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, June 14, 1932. For the relief of H. H. Lee. 1932-06-14 263 Chapter 47 Stat. 1673 72 1 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-12-27 private [CHAPTER 263.] AN ACT For the relief of H. H. Lee. June 14, 1932.[[H. R. 4144](/us/bill/72/hr/4144).][
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