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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 49 STAT. · February 11, 1936 · Private Law 389

Private Law 389.

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(/us/pvtl/74/388).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary Major Joseph H. Hickey. Payment to. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Major Joseph H. Hickey, United States Army, retired, the sum of $3,880.28, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for a shortage in public funds due to irregularities in the accounts of a noncommissioned officer, now deceased, which officer was in charge of the commissary, New Orleans General Depot, September 1920 to August 1921, and for which shortage Major Hickey has accounted to the United States Government: *Provided*, That no part of the amount appropriated in this *Proviso*.
Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees. 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 2220 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 Penalty for violation. 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, February 11, 1936. For the relief of Edward H. Karg. 1936-02-11 61 Chapter 49 Stat. 2220 74 2 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 61.] AN ACT For the relief of Edward H.
Karg. February 11, 1936.[[S. 3186](/us/bill/74/s/3186).][[Private, No. 389](/us/pvtl/74/389).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House off Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Edward H. Karg. 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 Edward H. Karg, of Johnstown, New York, the sum of $3,500. Such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the amount of fine paid by Edward H.
Karg, pursuant to a conviction Vol. 40, p. 276. for violating certain provisions of the Lever Act of August 10, 1917, as amended, prior to the declaration of the Supreme Court of the United States of the unconstitutionality of such provisions: *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, February 11, 1936. For the relief of Ida C. Buckson, executrix of E. C. Buckson, deceased. 1936-02-11 62 Chapter 49 Stat. 2220 74 2 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 62.] AN ACT For the relief of Ida C. Buckson, executrix of E. C. Buckson, deceased. February 11, 1936.[[S. 2323](/us/bill/74/s/2323).][
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