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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 48 STAT. · September 15, 1933 · Private Law 400

Private Law 400.

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(/us/pvtl/73/399).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the SecretaryStella D. Wickersham.Payment to. 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 $5,000 in full settlement of all claims against the Government on account of the death of Robert L. Wickersham, caused by an explosion in the meter house of the Federal Hospital for Defective Delinquents, at Springfield, Missouri, on September 15, 1933: *Provided*,*Proviso.*Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.
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 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 the provisions of this Act shall be deemedPenalty for violation. guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be lined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 26, 1934. For the relief of Cornelia Claiborne. 1934-06-26 824 Chapter 48 Stat. 1453 73 2 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 private [CHAPTER 824.] AN ACT For the relief of Cornelia Claiborne. June 26, 1934.[[S. 2919](/us/bill/73/s/2919).][[Private, No. 400](/us/pvtl/73/400).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Hamilton Cabell Claiborne.Payment to widow of. That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Cornelia Claiborne, widow1454 of Hamilton Cabell Claiborne, late American consul at Frankfort, Germany, the sum of $7,000, being one year’s salary of her deceased husband, who died while in the Foreign Service.
Approved, June 26, 1934. For the relief of the rightful heirs of Wakicunzewin, an Indian. 1934-06-26 825 Chapter 48 Stat. 1454 73 2 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 private [CHAPTER 825.] AN ACT For the relief of the rightful heirs of Wakicunzewin, an Indian. June 26, 1934.[[S. 2957](/us/bill/73/s/2957).][
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