Private Law 345.
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(/us/pvtl/74/344).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Mrs. L. B. Gentry. Claim of, submitted to District Court. That jurisdiction is conferred upon the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Corpus Christi Division, to hear and determine, and to render judgment, as if the United States were suable in tort, on the claim of Mrs. L. B. Gentry, Corpus Christi, Texas, to recover damages for the death of her husband, L.
B. Gentry, resulting from injuries sustained when the automobile which the said L. B. Gentry was driving was struck by a United States Army truck near Alice, Texas, on or about September 3, 1931, if such suit is brought within *Proviso*. Judgment. one year after the enactment of this Act: *Provided*, That the judgment, if any, shall not exceed the sum of $5,000. Sec. 2. Appropriation. There is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum sufficient to pay the judgment rendered against the United States, if any, as a result of suit hereunder.
Approved, August 28, 1935. For the relief of Robert E. Callen. Chapter 797 49 Stat. 2198 1935-08-28 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 797.] AN ACT For the relief of Robert E. Callen. August 28, 1935.[[H. R. 4567](/us/bill/74/hr/4567).][[Private, No. 345](/us/pvtl/74/345).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Robert E.
Callen. Payment to. 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 Robert E. Callen, of Greenville, Pennsylvania, the sum of $1,000. Said sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of damages sustained by the said Robert E. Callen, of Greenville, Pennsylvania, when he was injured by a United States mail truck in Greenville, Pennsylvania, on January 20, 1933: *Proviso*.
Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees. *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 contract to the contrary notwithstanding.
Penalty for violation. 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 28, 1935. For the relief of Elinora Fareira and Mearon Perkins. Chapter 798 49 Stat. 2199 1935-08-28 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 2199 [CHAPTER 798.] AN ACT For the relief of Elinora Fareira and Mearon Perkins. August 28, 1935.[[H. R. 4770](/us/bill/74/hr/4770).][
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