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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 49 STAT. · March 4, 1936 · Private Law 421

Private Law 421.

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(/us/pvtl/74/420).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Progressive Commercial Company of Philadelphia, Pa. Consideration of claim for tax refund authorized. That the Commissioner of Internal Revenue be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to receive, consider, and determine, in accordance with law, but without regard to any statute of limitations, any claim filed not later than six months after the passage of this Act by the Progressive Commercial Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for the refund of Federal income taxes paid by said company for the years 1923 to 1930, inclusive, in excess of the amount properly due *Provisos*.
Interest disallowed. Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees. as income tax for such years: *Provided*, That in the settlement of said claim there shall be no allowance of interest: *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, March 4, 1936. For the relief of the estate of Frank B. Niles. 1936-03-07 127 Chapter 49 Stat. 2233 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 2233 [CHAPTER 127.] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Frank B. Niles. March 7, 1936.[[S. 2188](/us/bill/74/hr/2188).][[Private, No. 421](/us/pvtl/74/421).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Comptroller Frank B. Niles. Credit allowed in accounts. General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed, in the settlement of the account of Frank B.
Niles, former collector of internal revenue for the tenth district of Ohio, to allow the sum of $2,811.53 now standing as a disallowance in the accounts of said Frank B. Niles, now deceased, representing sums erroneously paid out by him in good faith to deputy collectors for meals and lodging at designated posts of duty from June 1, 1918, to March 31, 1919, as set forth in fiscal officer’s certificate numbered 17576. Approved, March 7, 1936. For the relief of E. L. Hice and Lucy Hice. 1936-03-07 128 Chapter 49 Stat. 2233 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 128.] AN ACT For the relief of E. L. Hice and Lucy Hice. March 7, 1936.[[S. 2469](/us/bill/74/hr/2469).][
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