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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 49 STAT. · November 21, 1926 · Private Law 216

Private Law 216.

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(/us/pvt/74/215).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary Rene Hooge. Payment to. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to Rene Hooge, of Bexar County, Texas, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,000, in full satisfaction of all claims against the Government for personal injuries received, caused by the negligence of officers and agents of the United States in failing to remove from Kelly Field, in Bexar County, Texas, certain explosives which caused the personal injury to said Rene Hooge, *Proviso.* Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees. on or about November 21, 1926: *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 said Penalty for violation.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 14, 1935. To confer jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of the Hampton and Branchville Railroad Company. 1935-08-14 539 Chapter 49 Stat. 2140 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 539.] AN ACT To confer jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of the Hampton and Branchville Railroad Company. August 14, 1935.[[S. 1024](/us/bill/74/s/1024).][[Private, No. 216](/us/pvt/74/216).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That jurisdiction Hampton and Branchville Railroad Company. Claim of, submitted to Court of Claims. is hereby conferred upon the Court of Claims, to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of the Hampton and Branchville Railroad Company, of Hampton, South Carolina, against the United States for the sum of $4,768.46, representing the amount of a judgment recovered by the United States from such company by virtue of a certain guaranty contract between such company and the United States entered into in accordance with the provisions of section 209 of the Transportation Act, 1920.
Company’s accounts to be examined. Sec. 2. The Court of Claims is authorized and directed to make such detailed examination of the accounts of such company as may be necessary in order to ascertain the amount, if any, due such company by the United States by virtue of such contract. Commencement, etc., of suit. Sec. 3. Such claim may be instituted at any time within six months after the enactment of this Act, notwithstanding the lapse of Paying judgments. U. S. C., p. 1261. time or any statute of limitations.
Proceedings in any suit brought in the Court of Claims under this Act, appeals therefrom, and payment of any judgment therein shall be had as in the case of claims over which court has jurisdiction under section 145 of the Judicial Code, as amended. Approved, August 14, 1935. For the relief of A. N. Ross. 1935-08-14 540 Chapter 49 Stat. 2141 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 2141 [CHAPTER 540.] AN ACT For the relief of A. N. Ross. August 14, 1935.[[S. 1359](/us/bill/74/s/1359).][
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