Private Law 696.
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(/us/pvt/74/695)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the SecretaryLouis Manzumin.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, the sum of $5,000 to Louis Manzumin, of Chicago, Illinois, as full compensation for permanent injuries and damages received by the said Manzumin on the 29th day of June 1920, caused by being struck by an automobile, then in the service of the Post Office Department, said injuries being caused by the negligence of the driver of said*Proviso*.Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees. truck without any contributory negligence on the part of said Manzumin: *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 attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding.
Any personPenalty for violation. 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 24, 1936. For the relief of John N. Hunter, Edmund M. Cook, Fred C. Putnam, Merchants National Bank of South Bend, Indiana, and Saint Joseph Loan and Trust Company, of South Bend, Indiana. 1936-06-24 789 Chapter 49 Stat. 2355 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 789.] AN ACT For the relief of John N. Hunter, Edmund M. Cook, Fred C. Putnam, Merchants National Bank of South Bend, Indiana, and Saint Joseph Loan and Trust Company, of South Bend, Indiana. June 24, 1936.[[H. R. 8799](/us/bill/74/hr/8799)][[Private, No. 696](/us/pvt/74/696)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the ComptrollerJohn N. Hunter and others.Credits in postal accounts.
General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to credit the account of John N. Hunter, postmaster at South Bend, Indiana, with the sum of $4,762.31; the account of Edmund M. Cook, acting postmaster at Allegan, Michigan, with the sum of $1,652.87; and the account of Fred C. Putnam, postmaster at Kalamazoo, Michigan, with the sum of $2,001.86, representing the total amount of ninety-three postal money orders, stolen, fraudulently drawn, and negotiated by one Herman M.
Sharpsteen between July 15, 1933, and June 22, 1934, and paid by the said postmasters upon proper presentation from certain banks, without fault or negligence on their part. Sec. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized andPayments. directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Merchants National Bank of South Bend,To Merchants National Bank, South Bend, Ind. South Bend, Indiana, the sum of $50, representing a part of money paid by the said bank on invalid postal money orders, numbered 72983 and 72984; and to the Saint Joseph Loan and Trust Company,Saint Joseph Loan and Trust Company, South Bend, Ind. of South Bend, Indiana, the sum of $995, representing a refund on seven invalid postal money orders which it paid in the amount of $695, and for which it was paid by the postmaster at South Bend, said bank subsequently refunding such amount to the said postmaster, and also representing a loss on three invalid postal money orders which it paid in the amount of $300, but which payment the postmaster at South Bend refused to recognize.
Such sums shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the 2356losses suffered by said banks arising out of the fraudulent negotiation of the said money orders by one Herman M. Sharpsteen between July 15, 1933, and June 22, 1934, and paid by the said banks without fault or negligence on their part. Sec. 3. Recovery of losses from Grace E. Gibson or surety. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent the recovery by the United States from Grace E.
Gibson, former postmaster at Scotts, Michigan, or the surety on her official bond, of the losses suffered by the United States as a result of the stealing and fraudulent negotiation of ninety-eight postal money orders by said Herman M. Sharpsteen. Sec. 4. Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees. No part of the amount appropriated in this Act, or credited to any account by virtue of this Act, in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with said claims, and the same shall be unlawful, 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. Approved, June 24, 1936. For the relief of Estelle Mary MacDonald and Marilyn MacDonald. 1936-06-24 790 Chapter 49 Stat. 2356 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 790.] AN ACT For the relief of Estelle Mary MacDonald and Marilyn MacDonald. June 24, 1936.[[H. R. 8841](/us/bill/74/hr/8841)][
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