Private Law 589.
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(/us/pvt/74/588)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the SecretaryC. O. Meyer.Payment to. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to C. O. Meyer the sum of $297.86, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States. Such sum represents the amount paid to C. O. Meyer as substitute carrier while he was postmaster at Meyers Mill, South Carolina, and which amount was charged by the Department to the account of C.
O. Meyer: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees. 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 2308any 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 Penalty for violation.with said claim, 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, June 2, 1936. For the relief of certain officers and employees of the Foreign Service of the United States who, while in the course of their respective duties, suffered losses of personal property by reason of catastrophes of nature. 1936-06-03 485 Chapter 49 Stat. 2308 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 74 2 private [CHAPTER 485.] AN ACT For the relief of certain officers and employees of the Foreign Service of the United States who, while in the course of their respective duties, suffered losses of personal property by reason of catastrophes of nature. June 3, 1936.[[S. 267](/us/bill/74/s/267)][[Private, No. 589](/us/pvt/74/589)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Foreign Service.Appropriation authorized for relief of designated officers, etc.Matthew E.
Hanna.Payment to widow of. That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Gustava Hanna, widow of Matthew E. Hanna, American minister to Nicaragua, the sum of $19,745.33, of which the sum of $19,592.25 represents the value of reasonable and necessary personal property lost as a result of the earthquake at Managua, Nicaragua, March 31, 1931, and the sum of $153.08 represents the amount of money and vouchers destroyed when the contents of the safe in the legation were burned.
Willard L. Beaulac.To Willard L. Beaulac, secretary of the American Legation at Managua, Nicaragua, the sum of $821.92, such sum representing the value of reasonable and necessary personal property lost as a result of the earthquake at Managua, Nicaragua, March 31, 1931. Marion P. Hoover.To Marion P. Hoover, clerk in legation at Managua, Nicaragua, the sum of $80, such sum representing the value of reasonable and necessary personal property lost as a result of the earthquake at *Proviso*.Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.Managua, Nicaragua, March 31, 1931: *Provided*, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum of any claim 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 any such 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 for any claim in this Act in excess of 10 per centum of such claim on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the Penalty for violation.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.
The aforestated amounts shall be considered in full settlement of the aforesaid claims. Approved, June 3, 1936. For the relief of Odessa Mason. 1936-06-03 486 Chapter 49 Stat. 2308 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 74 2 private [CHAPTER 486.] AN ACT For the relief of Odessa Mason. June 3, 1936.[[H.
R. 1252](/us/bill/74/hr/1252)][
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