Private Law 137.
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(/us/pvtl/73/136).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the SecretaryKarim Joseph Mery.Compensation to, for death of son. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to Karim Joseph Mery, of San Antonio, Texas, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $5,000 as compensation for the death of his son, Joseph Karim Mery, a minor, who was killed at San Antonio, Texas, on July 10, 1923, by the negligent driving of a United States Army truck: *Provided,* That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall*Proviso*.Limitation on attorney's, etc., fees. 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 the1350 amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any Penalty for violation.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, May 9, 1934. For the relief of Russell and Tucker and certain other citizens of the States of Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. 1934-05-09 271 Chapter 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 2024-12-11 48 Stat. 1350 73 2 private [CHAPTER 271.] AN ACT For the relief of Russell and Tucker and certain other citizens of the States of Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
May 9, 1934.[[H.R. 2340](/us/bill/73/hr/2340).][[Private, No. 137](/us/pvtl/73/137).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Russell and Tucker.May bring suit in district court for loss of certain cattle. That Russell and Tucker, a copartnership composed of Lee L. Russell and S. C. Tucker; Floyd and Company, a copartnership composed of C. W. Floyd and S. C. Tucker; Borroum, Tucker, and O’Connor, a copartnership composed of J.
L. Borroum, S. C. Tucker, and Martin O’Connor; Rutledge, Browne, and Nichols, a copartnership composed of W. J. Rutledge, N. H. Browne, and J. W. Nichols; Russell and Wilson, a copartnership composed of R. R. Russell and W. E. Wilson; Rocky Reagan, Alfred A. Drummond, J. M. Dobie, and Dick Colson, their heirs, legal representatives, executors, administrators, and assigns, Statutes of limitations waived.any statutes of limitations being waived, are hereby authorized to enter suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas for the amount alleged to be due to said claimants from the United States by reason of the alleged neglect and alleged wrongdoing of the officials and inspectors of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry in the dipping of tick-infested cattle in Texas and Oklahoma, which said cattle were shipped from Texas to Osage County, Oklahoma, in the years 1918 and 1922.
Sec. 2. Jurisdiction of court. Jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon said United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas to hear and determine all such claims without intervention of a jury. The action in said court may be presented by a single petition making the United States party defendant, and shall set forth all the facts on which the claimants base their claims, and the petition may be verified by the agent or attorney of said claimants, official letters, reports, and public records, or certified copies thereof may be used as evidence, and said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine said suit and to enter a judgment or decree for the amount of such damages and costs, if any, as shall be found due from the United States to the said claimants by reason of the alleged negligence and erroneous certification, upon the same principles and under the same measure of liability as in like cases between private parties, and the Government hereby waives its immunity from suit.
And said claimants and the United States of America shall have all rights of appeal or writ of error or other remedy as in similar cases between private persons or corporations: *Provided*, That such notice of the suit shall be*Provisos*.Notice, etc., to Attorney General. given to the Attorney General of the United States as may be provided by order of said court, and upon such notice it shall be the duty of the Attorney General to cause the United States Attorney in such district to appear and defend for the United States:
Commencement of suit. *And provided further*, That such suit shall be begun within six months of the date of the approval of this Act. Approved, May 9, 1934. For the relief of Bonnie S. Baker. 1934-05-09 272 Chapter 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 2024-12-11 48 Stat. 1351 73 2 private 1351 [CHAPTER 272.] AN ACT For the relief of Bonnie S.
Baker. May 9, 1934.[[H.R. 2682](/us/bill/73/hr/2682).][
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