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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 50 STAT. · June 11, 1937 · Private Law 138

Private Law 138.

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(/us/pvt/75/137)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That in recognition Frank W. Carpenter. Annuity payment granted to. of the many years of distinguished and conspicuous service of Frank W. Carpenter to the United States in the Philippine Islands, including the negotiation of a treaty in 1915 with the Sultan of Sulu making it possible for the United States to hold the islands throughout the World War without the utilization of its armed forces, at the same time removing a fundamental obstacle to Philippine independence, and in further recognition of the fact that such years of service resulted in his permanent and total disability, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the said Frank W.
Carpenter, former Governor of the Moro Province and of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu, Philippine Islands, an annuity at the rate of $1,800 per annum, in monthly installments, the first installment to be due and payable on the 1st day of the month after which this Act is enacted: *Provided,* That no part of the amount *Proviso.* Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees. 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 Penalty for violation.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 11, 1937. For the relief of James A. Fox. 1937-06-11 323 Chapter 50 Stat. 985 75 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 2024-11-23 private [CHAPTER 323] AN ACT For the relief of James A.
Fox. June 11, 1937[[S. 1753](/us/bill/75/s/1753)][[Private, No. 138](/us/pvt/75/138)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary James A. Fox. 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 $328 to James A. Fox, of West Plains, Missouri, in full satisfaction of all his claims against the United States for damages sustained by him as the result of personal injuries received on July 27, 1936, when a dynamite explosion on Works Progress Administration project numbered 976 blew a large segment of stump through the top of the automobile in which he was riding: *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 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 person violating the provisions Penalty for violation.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 11, 1937. To authorize Austin H. Clark and Ellsworth P. Killip, of the United States National Museum, to accept certain decorations respectively from the Danish and French Governments. 1937-06-11 324 Chapter 50 Stat. 986 75 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 2024-11-23 private 986 [CHAPTER 324] AN ACT To authorize Austin H.
Clark and Ellsworth P. Killip, of the United States National Museum, to accept certain decorations respectively from the Danish and French Governments. June 11, 1937[[S. 2059](/us/bill/75/s/2059)][
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