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(/us/pvtl/74/348).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Frank Williams. 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 Frank Williams the sum of $1,000 in full settlement of all claims against the United States Government by reason of being struck and permanently injured by a Government automobile which was *Proviso*.
Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees. driven by an employee of the Post Office Department: *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 Penalty for violation. with 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 28, 1935. For the allowance of certain claims for extra labor above the legal day of eight hours at the several navy yards and shore stations certified by the Court of Claims. Chapter 817 49 Stat. 2200 1935-08-29 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 817.] AN ACT For the allowance of certain claims for extra labor above the legal day of eight hours at the several navy yards and shore stations certified by the Court of Claims. August 29, 1935.[[S. 872](/us/bill/74/s/872).][[Private, No. 349](/us/pvtl/74/349).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Claims. Allowance of certain, for extra labor at designated navy yards and stations.
That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to allow to the respective persons the respective amounts found by the Court of Claims to have been underpaid to said persons, for labor performed at the several navy yards and shore stations herein named, in excess of the legal day of eight hours, as set forth in Senate documents herein enumerated, and for which purpose the sum of $332,342.74, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Payments accepted as final release. That the payment of said respective amounts is to be in full for, and receipt of same to be taken and accepted in each case as a full and final release and discharge of their said respective claims for extra hours above the legal day of eight hours at the several navy yards and shore stations. That the said navy yards and shore stations and Senate documents are as follows: California. california Mare Island. Mare Island Navy Yard: Senate Documents Numbered 713, 714, Sixty-first Congress, third session; 279, 447, Sixty-second Congress, second session; and 1085, Sixty-second Congress, third session. 2201 florida Florida.
Pensacola Navy Yard: Senate Documents Numbered 500, Sixty-first Pensacola. Congress, second session; 778, 791, Sixty-first Congress, third session; and 155, 200, 287, 756, Sixty-second Congress, second session. maryland Maryland. United States Naval Academy: Senate Document Numbered 1055, Naval Academy. Sixty-second Congress, third session. massachusetts Massachusetts. Boston Navy Yard: Senate Documents Numbered 382, Sixty-first Boston. Congress, second session; 150, 151, Sixty-second Congress, second session; and 1083, Sixty-second Congress, third session. new hampshire New Hampshire.
Portsmouth Navy Yard: Senate Documents Numbered 315, Sixtieth Portsmouth. Congress, first session; 431, Sixty-first Congress, second session; 770, 811, Sixty-first Congress, third session; 152, 153, 154, 206, 278, 715, 847, 848, Sixty-second Congress, second session; and 1058, 1076, 1077, 1082, Sixty-second Congress, third session. new york New York. Brooklyn Navy Yard: Senate Documents Numbered 108, Sixty-first Brooklyn. Congress, first session; 287, Sixty-first Congress, second session; 777, 792, Sixty-first Congress, third session; 198, 286, 717, Sixty-second Congress, second session; and 1057, 1079, 1080, Sixty-second Congress, third session. pennsylvania Pennsylvania.
League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia: Senate Documents Numbered Philadelphia. 330, 332, Sixtieth Congress, first session; 710, 716, 717, 774, 795, Sixty-first Congress, third session; 185, 714, Sixty-second Congress, second session; and 1081, 1084, 1086, Sixty-second Congress, third session. rhode island Rhode Island. Naval Torpedo Station, Newport: Senate Document Numbered Newport. 715, Sixty-first Congress, third session. virginia Virginia. Norfolk Navy Yard: Senate Documents Numbered 509, Sixtieth Norfolk.
Congress, first session; 711, 793, Sixty-first Congress, third session; 146, 205, 446, Sixty-second Congress, second session; and 1056, Sixty-second Congress, third session. district of columbia District of Columbia. Washington Navy Yard: Senate Documents Numbered 288, 432, Washington. Sixty-first Congress, second session; 712, 771, 772, 775, 776, 794, Sixty-first Congress, third session; 120, 145, 199, 200, 202, 276, 277, 724, 757, 849, Sixty-second Congress, second session; 1078, Sixty-second Congress, third session; and 354, Sixty-third Congress, second session. 2202 Sec. 2.
Payments due deceased claimants. That where the payment to be made under this Act is less than $1,000, and the person who rendered the service is dead, and no demand is presented by a duly appointed legal representative of his estate, payment may be made to the decedent’s widow or Vol. 34, p. 750. legal heirs as is provided by existing law relating to the settlement of accounts of deceased officers or enlisted men of the Army (34 *Provisos*. Bankrupts. Stat. L. 750): *Provided*, That in all cases where the original claimants were adjudicated bankrupts, payments shall be made to the next of kin instead of to the assignees in bankruptcy: *And provided Payments to executor, etc. further*, That wherever under this Act it is provided that a payment be made to an executor or an administrator, whether original or ancillary or de bonis non, and such executor or administrator is dead or no longer holds his office, payment shall be made to the successor therein, his title to hold such office being established to the satisfaction of the Comptroller General of the United States.
Sec. 3. Attorney’s fees. That no part of the amount of any claim appropriated for in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any attorney on account of services *Proviso*. Division of. rendered in connection with said claim: *Provided*, That in each case, payment for which is herein provided, the Comptroller General shall deduct a sum equal to said 10 per centum and pay one-half of the same to the attorney or attorneys who appeared for the claimant in the Court of Claims, as found by said court, and as set forth in the Senate documents aforesaid, and pay the other one-half of the same to the attorney or attorneys who performed services toward securing provision for the payment herein of the amounts so found;
Pay to legal representative, if deceased. and in event of the death of any of said attorney or attorneys, payment of said 10 per centum to be made to his or their legal representatives, upon execution of a full release and a complete discharge to the claimant for all services rendered therein, and after the payment for such services the balance thereof to be Limitation. paid to the claimant. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum which in the aggregate exceeds 10 per centum of the amount of any item appropriated in this Act on account of services rendered or advances made in connection with said claim, any contract to the Penalty. 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 29, 1935. For the relief of Virden Thompson. Chapter 818 49 Stat. 2202 1935-08-29 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 818.] AN ACT For the relief of Virden Thompson.
August 29, 1935.[[H. R. 1368](/us/bill/74/hr/1368).][
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