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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 49 STAT. · July 31, 1934 · Private Law 419

Private Law 419.

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(/us/pvtl/74/418).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Comptroller George P. Money. Settlement of claim. General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to settle and allow the claim of George P. Money in the sum of $59.75 representing fees for services rendered as United States Commissioner for the Southern District of Mississippi during the quarter ended July 31, 1934, notwithstanding the fact that said commissioner’s appointment expired May 11, 1934, and he was not reappointed until August 6, 1934.
Approved, March 2, 1936. For the relief of Howard Donovan. 1936-03-03 124 Chapter 49 Stat. 2232 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 2232 [CHAPTER 124.] AN ACT For the relief of Howard Donovan. March 3, 1936.[[H. R. 2157](/us/bill/74/hr/2157).][[Private, No. 419](/us/pvtl/74/419).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Howard Donovan.
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 Howard Donovan, former consul at Bahia, Brazil, the sum of $500, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for the cost of embalming the body of his wife, Ruth Curtiss Donovan; burial; and subsequent transportation of the body from Bahia, Brazil, to its burial place at New Haven, Connecticut: *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 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, March 3, 1936. For the relief of the Progressive Commercial Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1936-03-04 125 Chapter 49 Stat. 2232 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 125.] AN ACT For the relief of the Progressive Commercial Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. March 4, 1936.[[H. R. 5181](/us/bill/74/hr/5181).][
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