Private Law 142.
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(/us/pvtl/73/141).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Galen E. Lichty, Reimbursement for stolen postal funds. 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, the sum of $554.70 in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States, to Galen E. Lichty, stamp clerk of the post office at Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska, to reimburse him for funds stolen from the Beatrice post office by unknown persons on the day of November 17, 1928: *Provided*, That no part of the amount *Proviso*.Limitation on attorney's, etc., fees.appropriated 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 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 lined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.
Approved, May 9, 1934. For the relief of Porter Brothers and Biffle and certain other citizens. 1934-05-09 276 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. 1352 73 2 private [CHAPTER 276.] AN ACT For the relief of Porter Brothers and Biffle and certain other citizens. May 9, 1934.[[H.R. 7279](/us/bill/73/hr/7279).][[Private, No. 142](/us/pvtl/73/142).] *Be, it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Porter Brothers and Biffle.May bring suit in district court for loss of certain cattle.
That Porter Brothers and Biffle, a copartnership composed of H. L. Porter, L. A. Porter, and J. W. Biffle; Spradling and Porter Brothers, a copartnership composed of Royal Spradling, H. L. Porter, and L. A. Porter; Henry Price, Royal Spradling, J. L. Keith, W. T. Brummett; Price and Florence, a copartnership composed of Henry Price and Buster Florence; J. B, O’Harro and estate of G. J. Keith, their heirs, legal representatives, executors, administrators, and Statutes of limitations waived.assigns, and 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 of the inspectors of the Bureau of Animal Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, in certifying as clean of splenetic fever ticks, cattle shipped from Texas to Oklahoma in the year 1919.
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 the 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 upon which the claimants base their claims, and the petition may be verified by the agent or attorney of said claimants, official letters, reports, and1353 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 measures 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*Provisos*.Notice, etc., to Attorney General. be 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: *Provided further*, That such suit shall be begun within six months ofCommencement of suit. the date of the approval of this Act.
Approved, May 9, 1934. Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay subcontractors for material and labor furnished in the construction of the post office at Las Vegas, Nevada. 1934-05-14 287 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. 1353 73 2 private [CHAPTER 287.] AN ACT Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay subcontractors for material and labor furnished in the construction of the post office at Las Vegas, Nevada.
May 14, 1934.[[H.R. 3900](/us/bill/73/hr/3900).][
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