Private Law 153.
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(/us/pvtl/75/152)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Pruett.Payment to. 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 Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Pruett the sum of $5,000 in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for the death of their son, Robert Edward Pruett, who was drowned in a swimming pool at Fort McClellan, Alabama, on September 22, 1931: *Provided*, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in*Proviso.*Limitation on 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 ActPenalty for violation. shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.
Approved, June 14, 1937. For the relief of Naomi Lee Young. 50 Stat. 992 Chapter 343 1937-06-14 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 75 1 private 992 [CHAPTER 343] AN ACT For the relief of Naomi Lee Young. June 14, 1937[[H. R. 4457](/us/bill/75/hr/4457)][[Private, No. 153](/us/pvtl/75/153)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Naomi Lee Young.Payment to.
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 Naomi Lee Young, a feme sole, of Houston, Texas, the sum of $2,000 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal and permanent injury received by her on January 20, 1936, at Houston, Texas, by reason of a fall at night into an unlighted and unguarded ditch which was dug and left unguarded by the Works Progress Administration authorities: *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 and void, any contract or claim 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 14, 1937. For the relief of Margaret Grace and Alice Shriner. 50 Stat. 992 Chapter 344 1937-06-14 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 75 1 private [CHAPTER 344] AN ACT For the relief of Margaret Grace and Alice Shriner. June 14, 1937[[H. R. 4508](/us/bill/75/hr/4508)][
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