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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 49 STAT. · September 3, 1929 · Private Law 40

Private Law 40.

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(/us/pvt/74/39).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Comptroller Jay Street Terminal, New York. Adjustment of claim authorized. General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to adjust, settle, and certify to Congress the claim of the Jay Street Terminal in the sum of $1,097, on account of damages suffered by reason of a collision with the claimant’s bulkhead by the United States Army mine planter General E.
O. C. Ord, in the East *Proviso.* Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees. River on or about September 3, 1929: *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, Penalty for violation.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, May 15, 1935. For the relief of Elton Firth. 1935-05-15 119 Chapter 49 Stat. 2061 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 2061 [CHAPTER 119.] AN ACT For the relief of Elton Firth.
May 15, 1935.[[S. 728](/us/bill/74/s/728).][[Private, No. 40](/us/pvt/74/40).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary Elton Firth. Payment to. of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Elton Firth, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,000 in full payment of personal injuries sustained as a result of the explosion of a bomb dropped by a United States naval airplane near Plum Tree Point, York County, Virginia, on November 11, 1931, and that Elton Firth shall be admitted to such naval hospital as may be directed by the Chief Admittance to naval hospital. *Proviso.* Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees. of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery of the Navy Department for necessary care and treatment: *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. 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 15, 1935. For the relief of Anna W. Ayer, widow of Captain Asa G. Ayer, deceased. 1935-05-15 120 Chapter 49 Stat. 2061 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 120.] AN ACT For the relief of Anna W. Ayer, widow of Captain Asa G. Ayer, deceased. May 15, 1935.[[S. 896](/us/bill/74/s/896).][
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