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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 49 STAT. · October 23, 1923 · Private Law 323

Private Law 323.

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(/us/pvtl/74/322).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That jurisdiction Samuel W. Carter. Claim of, referred to Court of Claims. is hereby conferred upon the United States Court of Claims, notwithstanding the lapse of time or the statute of limitations, to hear and determine the claim of Samuel W. Carter for compensation for the alleged adoption and use by the Government of the United States of a certain invention relating to the design and construction of propeller blades for which original Letters Patent of the United States numbered 1471590 were issued to him on October 23, 1923, and for which Letters Patent of the United States Reissue Numbered 16387 were issued to him on July 20, 1926.
Said claim shall not be considered as barred because of the fact that the claimant was on the retired list of the United States Army and receiving compensation from the United States Government at the time the patented article was invented. Approved, August 26, 1935. For the relief of the widow and next of kin of James J. Curran. Chapter 727 49 Stat. 2188 1935-08-26 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 74 1 private 2188 [CHAPTER 727.] AN ACT For the relief of the widow and next of kin of James J. Curran. August 26, 1935.[[H. R. 5781](/us/bill/74/hr/5781).][[Private, No. 323](/us/pvtl/74/323).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, James J. Curran. Payment to estate of. 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, to the administrator appointed in the courts of the State of New York of the estate of James J.
Curran, of Manhattan Borough, New York City, the sum of $5,000 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the death of James J. Curran, who died in Manhattan Borough, New York City, on October 25, 1919, as a result of injuries received at New York City on October 22, 1919, by being run down by a Government-owned automobile truck operated by an employee of the United States Postal Service under the jurisdiction of the New York post office, such sum of $5,000 to be distributed to said decedent’s widow and next of kin as damages in an action for causing death by a wrongful act under the laws of *Proviso*.
Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees. the State of New York: *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 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 fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, August 26, 1935. For the relief of certain creditors of J. R. and J. A. Whelan, Incorporated. Chapter 728 49 Stat. 2188 1935-08-26 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 74 1 private [CHAPTER 728.] AN ACT For the relief of certain creditors of J. R. and J. A. Whelan, Incorporated. August 26, 1935.[[H. R. 5790](/us/bill/74/hr/5790).][
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