Private Law 437.
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(/us/pvtl/74/436).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Rutland, Vt., public building. Settlement of claims for material and labor authorized. That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to settle and adjust on a pro rata basis in an amount not exceeding the unpaid balance, the claims of subcontractors and materialmen who furnished material and labor in the construction of a post-office and courthouse building at Rutland, Vermont, which work was completed by the National Surety Company, as surety on the performance bond before said surety company was placed in the hands of a rehabilitator appointed by the Insurance Department of the State of New York, and after the United States had terminated the right of the Brooklyn and Queens Screen Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, to proceed under contract number T1SA- 1755, dated June 25, 1931.
Payment. The Comptroller General of the United States shall pay the money without regard to any priorities the Government may claim against the National Surety Company in other cases, and when the money shall so have been paid it shall be set aside for subcontractors, materialmen, and laborers who did the work or supplied material *Proviso*. Time of payment. for this building with a view to paying their claims, if any: *Provided*, That no payment shall be made until sixty days from the passage of this Act or until personal notice has been given all claimants for the filing of such claims.
Payments charged against National Surety Company. And there is hereby made available from such appropriations not to exceed $19,138.18 for this purpose; payments so made shall be charged to the National Surety Company in the adjustment of the *Proviso*. Consent required. accounts between said company and the United States: *Provided*, That before any allowance is made pursuant to the terms of this Act, the liquidator of the National Surety Company shall file with the Comptroller General written consent thereto.
Approved, March 18, 1936. For the relief of the Bend Garage Company, and the First National Bank of Chicago. 1936-03-18 154 Chapter 49 Stat. 2240 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 154.] AN ACT For the relief of the Bend Garage Company, and the First National Bank of Chicago.
March 18, 1936.[[S. 2889](/us/bill/74/s/2889).][[Private, No. 437](/us/pvtl/74/437).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Bend Garage Company. 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 the Bend Garage Company, Bend, Oregon, the sum of $39 in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of damages sustained in an automobile accident involving a Civilian Conservation Corps truck near Sweet Home, Oregon, on September 12, 1934.
Sec. 2. First National Bank of Chicago. Refund to. That the Comptroller General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to adjust and settle the claim of the First National Bank of Chicago, for refund of $11.75 on account of loss of that amount contained in official registered letter numbered 2241 942194, caused by robbery of a letter carrier in. Chicago, Illinois, on December 6, 1932, such amount being the unexpended balance of a deposit made by the said bank with the Postal Service to defray the expense of a cablegram to a postal official of Yugoslavia directing the return of registered letter numbered 531940, mailed at Chicago, November 25, 1932, by Ivan Markovic and addressed to Marija Markovic in Yugoslavia.
There is hereby appropriated, out of any Appropriation. money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $11.75 for the payment of this claim: *Provided*, That no part of the *Proviso*. Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees. 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 violating Penalty for violation. 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 18, 1936. For the relief of certain formerly enlisted members of Battery D, One Hundred and Ninety-seventh Coast Artillery (Antiaircraft), New Hampshire National Guard. 1936-03-19 158 Chapter 49 Stat. 2241 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 158.] AN ACT For the relief of certain formerly enlisted members of Battery D, One Hundred and Ninety-seventh Coast Artillery (Antiaircraft), New Hampshire National Guard. March 19, 1936.[[S. 3173](/us/bill/74/s/3173).][
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