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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 49 STAT. · February 9, 1922 · Private Law 47

Private Law 47.

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(/us/pvt/74/46).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Comptroller Frank Spector. Adjustment of claim authorized. General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to settle and adjust a claim of Frank Spector for refund of a deposit of $1,700 made in connection with the purchase of certain surplus property at an auction sale held February 9, 1922, at the Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot, and to allow in full and final settlement of all claims arising out of the transaction the sum of not to exceed $1,700.
There is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,700, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay said claim: *Provided,* That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in *Proviso.* Limitation of attorney’s, etc., fees. 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 the provisions of this Act shall be Penalty for violation.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 the rightful heir of Joseph Gayton. 1935-05-15 126 Chapter 49 Stat. 2064 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 2064 [CHAPTER 126.] AN ACT For the relief of the rightful heir of Joseph Gayton. May 15, 1935.[[S. 1414](/us/bill/74/s/1414).][[Private, No. 47](/us/pvt/74/47).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives11 So in original. of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary Joseph Gayton. Payment to rightful heir of. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Jean Marcella Mentz Gayton (now Wicks), the rightful heir of Joseph Gayton, deceased Sioux allottee numbered 1724 of the Standing Rock Agency in North Dakota, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to existing law, the sum of not to exceed $4,400.25: *Provisos.* Credit of deposit. *Provided,* That the Secretary of the Interior may deposit the said sum to the credit of the said heir and handle it in the same manner Attorney’s fees.as other individual Indian moneys: *Provided further,* That not to exceed 5 per centum of this amount shall be paid to any attorney or attorneys, for services rendered in this case: *And provided further,* Credit to estate, if heir not alive.That should the person herein named be not living upon the date of the passage of this Act the said sum shall be credited to and become a part of net estate.
Approved, May 15, 1935. For the relief of Charles L. Graves. 1935-05-15 127 Chapter 49 Stat. 2064 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 127.] AN ACT For the relief of Charles L. Graves. May 15, 1935.[[S. 1502](/us/bill/74/s/1502).][
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