Private Law 87.

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(/us/pvt/74/86).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary Carmine Sforza. 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, and in full settlement of all claims against the United States, the sum of 2080$500 to Carmine Sforza, which sum was paid by the said Carmine Sforza to the United States on the bond of Domenico Guerrera: *Proviso.* Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees. *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 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 lined in any sum not exceeding $500.

Approved, June 15, 1935. For the relief of certain disbursing officers of the Army of the United States and for settlement of individual claims approved by the War Department. 1935-06-15 263 Chapter 49 Stat. 2080 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 263.] AN ACT For the relief of certain disbursing officers of the Army of the United States and for settlement of individual claims approved by the War Department.

June 15, 1935.[[S. 557](/us/bill/74/s/557).][[Private, No. 87](/us/pvt/74/87).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Comptroller Army disbursing officers; Credits allowed in accounts of designated. General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit in the accounts of the following disbursing officers of the Army of the United States the amounts set opposite their respective names:

F. J. Baker, major, Finance Department, $21.35; Roy W. Camblin, first lieutenant, Air Corps, $19.41; E. Dworak, major, Finance Department (now retired), $15; C. A. Frank, first lieutenant, Infantry, Finance Department, $16.41; P. G. Hoyt, major, Finance Department (now deceased), $94.54; William T. Johnson, first lieutenant, Finance department, $12.35; J. II. Osterman, captain, Quartermaster Corps, $17.60; A. J. Tagliabue, first lieutenant, Finance Department, $35.07; and George N.

Watson, Major, Finance Department (now retired), $29.25, said amounts being public funds for which they are accountable and which represent amounts due to minor errors in computation of pay and allowances due military personnel, who are no longer in the service of the United States, and which amounts have been disallowed by the Comptroller General of the United States. Major F. J. Baker. Sec. 2. That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit the accounts of F.

J. Baker, major, Finance Department, $149.31, of which amount $105.57 represents payments made to three former officers of the National Guard; $37.80 representing payments made to two former Reserve Officers’ Training Corps students of the University of Florida and for which efforts to collect from the individual payees for the overpayments have been unsuccessful; and $5.94 paid to an officer of the Army for Pullman accommodations used by him on a change of station under proper orders, but for which the cash receipt necessary to support the voucher covering payment was lost, all of which amounts were disallowed by the Comptroller General of the United States in the accounts of Major Baker.

Lieutenant Roy W. Camblin. Sec. 3. That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit in the accounts of Roy W. Camblin, first lieutenant, Air Corps (formerly disbursing officer, Ellington Field, Texas), the amount of $27.46, said amount being public funds for which he is accountable and which represents amounts due to errors in computing ration savings due organizations of the Army which have since been disbanded. 2081 Sec. 4.

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 Roy W. Camblin, first lieutenant, Air Corps, $107.36, representing an amount erroneously stopped against his pay by the Secretary of War for disallowances appearing in his accounts as disbursing officer at Ellington Field, Texas, in 1921 and 1922, and which disallowances had been cleared by the Comptroller General of the United States under authority of law prior to the collection of the stoppage.

Sec. 5. That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and Major F. A. Englehart.he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit the accounts of F. A. Englehart, major, Ordnance Department, $44.87, public funds for which he is accountable and which represent the proceeds due the United States from a cashier’s check for $70 drawn on March 30, 1925, on the First National Bank, Conyers, Georgia, which bank failed between date of receiving check by the Government, April 2, 1925, and date of its presentation for payment, April 17, 1925, $44.87 being the balance outstanding after the affairs of the above-mentioned bank had been liquidated.

Sec. 6. That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and Major John B. Harper.he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit in the accounts of John B. Harper, major, Finance Department, the sum of $80.64, public funds for which he is accountable and which were paid by him to Joseph F. Battley, first lieutenant, Chemical Warfare Service, for mileage performed under War Department orders and which amount was disallowed by the Comptroller General of the United States: *Provided,* That the amount so paid shall not be charged against any moneys otherwise due payee.

Sec. 7. That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and Major C. Newton, Junior.he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit in the accounts of C. Newton, Junior, major, Finance Department, the sum of $100, said amount being public funds for which he is accountable and which represents a payment made to William A. Weaver for services in testifying as an expert witness at a general court martial of an officer, which amount has been disallowed by the Comptroller General of the United States.

Sec. 8. That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and Captain K. W. Slauson.he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit in the accounts of K. W. Slauson, captain, Quartermaster Corps, the sum of $22.26, public funds for which he is accountable and which were paid to George L. Dewey, first lieutenant, Infantry, for traveling expenses and disallowed by the Comptroller General of the United States. Sec. 9. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, Lieutenant George L.

Dewey.authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to George L. Dewey, first lieutenant, United States Army, the sum of $160.49, being the amount properly due him for traveling expenses, voucher for which was approved for payment by the General Accounting Office hut used as an offset against the disallowances in the accounts of Captain K. W. Slauson, Quartermaster Corps, for a previous payment made Lieutenant Dewey for travel allowance while on duty as a language student in France: *Provided,* That no charge shall be raised in the accounts of *Proviso.* Designated accounts not affected.

K. W, Slauson, captain, Quartermaster Corps, and E. J. Heller, captain, Quartermaster Corps, on account of this payment. Sec. 10. That the Comptroller General of the United States be, Major George N. Watson.and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit in the accounts of George N. Watson, major, Finance Department, the sum of 53 cents, public funds for which he is accountable and which were paid to the Western Union Telegraph Company for transmission of 2082an official message and which amount was disallowed by the Comptroller General of the United States on the grounds that such message could have been sent by naval radio service at reduced cost.

Refunds due disbursing officers. Sec. 11. Any amounts which otherwise may have been due any of the disbursing officers mentioned herein, or, in the case of deceased officers, may have been due their heirs, for any other purpose, and which amounts or any part thereof have been used as a set-off by the Comptroller General to clear disallowances in said officers’ accounts mentioned herein, shall be refunded to such disbursing officer *Provisos.* Repaying refunds. their heirs: *Provided,* That any amounts refunded by any of said disbursing officers, or their heirs, to the United States on account of said disallowances, shall also be refunded to such disbursing Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.officers or their heirs: *Provided further,* 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.

Approved, June 15, 1935. For the relief of Captain Alexander C. Doyle. 1935-06-15 264 Chapter 49 Stat. 2082 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 264.] AN ACT For the relief of Captain Alexander C. Doyle. June 15, 1935.[[H. R. 240](/us/bill/74/hr/240).][

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