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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 49 STAT. · May 6, 1935 · Private Law 28

Private Law 28.

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(/us/pvt/74/27).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary Sarah J. Hitchcock. Payment to. *Ante,* p. 592. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Sarah J. Hitchcock, widow of Henry B. Hitchcock, late American Consul at Nagasaki, Japan, the sum of $5,000, being one year’s salary of her deceased husband, who died while in the Foreign Service; and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sufficient sum to carry out the purpose of this Act: *Provided,* That no part of the amount *Proviso.* Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees. authorized to be 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 authorized to be 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 Penally for violation.deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.
Approved, May 6, 1935. For the relief of Bertha Ingmire. 1935-05-07 93 Chapter 49 Stat. 2055 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 93.] AN ACT For the relief of Bertha Ingmire. May 7, 1935.[[H. R. 3098](/us/bill/74/hr/3098).][[Private, No. 28](/us/pvt/74/28).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary Bertha Ingmire.
Payment to. of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Bertha Ingmire, of San Pedro, California, widow of the late Edmund Percival Ingmire, the sum of $10,000. Such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of the death of the said Edmund Percival Ingmire and the permanent injury sustained by the said Bertha Ingmire on April 6, 1927, when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by an automobile driven with gross negligence by a Federal prohibition officer: *Provided,* That no *Proviso.* Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees. 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 Penalty for violation.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 7, 1935. For the relief of Rose Burke. 1935-05-08 97 Chapter 49 Stat. 2056 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 2056 [CHAPTER 97.] AN ACT For the relief of Rose Burke. May 8, 1935.[[H. R. 1488](/us/bill/74/hr/1488).][
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