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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 49 STAT. · November 17, 1917 · Private Law 211

Private Law 211.

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(/us/pvt/74/210).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Comptroller Bowers Southern Dredging Company. Withheld liquidated damages against, remitted. General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to remit the liquidated damages of $5,400 assessed against the Bowers Southern Dredging Company for delays caused by World War conditions in the performance of its contract numbered 2665, dated November 17, 1917, with the Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy Department, for dredging and filling certain areas at the naval air station, Miami, Florida, and to certify for payment to the said company, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $3,400, being the amount actually withheld as such liquidated damages from amounts otherwise due under the contract: *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 the provisions of Penalty for violation.this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.
Approved, August 13, 1935. For the relief of Edwin C. Jenney, receiver of the First National Bank of Newton, Massachusetts. 1935-08-13 528 Chapter 49 Stat. 2134 74 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 2025-01-07 private 2134 [CHAPTER 528.] AN ACT For the relief of Edwin C. Jenney, receiver of the First National Bank of Newton, Massachusetts.
August 13, 1935.[[S. 908](/us/bill/74/s/908).][[Private, No. 211](/us/pvt/74/211).] *Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary First National Bank of Newton, Mass. Payment of accrued interest on Court of Claims judgment to receiver of. R. S., sec. 1090, p. 200. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Edwin C.
Jenney, receiver of the First National Bank of Newton, Massachusetts, the sum of $9,172.54, being interest which accrued under section 1090 of the Revised Statutes, on the judgment of the Court of Claims in favor of said bank for the period between the date of the filing of the transcript of judgment with the Secretary of the Treasury and the date when the order or mandate of the Supreme Court of the United States was issued to the Court of Claims upon the dismissal of the appeal in said case on motion of the United States, and payment of which amount is recommended *Proviso.* Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees. by the Attorney General: *Provided,* 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 Penalty for violation.said claim, any 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, August 13, 1935. For the relief of Catherine Grace. 1935-08-13 529 Chapter 49 Stat. 2134 74 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 2025-01-07 private [CHAPTER 529.] AN ACT For the relief of Catherine Grace. August 13, 1935.[[S. 2879](/us/bill/74/s/2879).][
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