Private Law 239.
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(/us/bill/75/pvtl/238)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Alexander E. Kovner.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 Alexander E. Kovner, of San Francisco, California, the sum of $5,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for cost of hospital and medical care, pain and suffering, and permanent disability, resulting from the said Alexander E.
Kovner being struck 1033by a truck belonging to the Third Brigade of the United States Marines, in the city of Tientsin, China, on May 14, 1928, such accident being due to the negligence of the driver of the said truck: *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 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. AnyPenalty 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, July 16, 1937. For the relief of J. E. Sammons. 1937-07-16 503 Chapter 50 Stat. 1033 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 503] AN ACT For the relief of J. E. Sammons. July 16, 1937[[S. 1188](/us/bill/75/s/1188)][[Private, No. 239](/us/bill/75/pvtl/239)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the SecretaryJ.
E. Sammons.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 J. E. Sammons, of Macon, Georgia, the sum of $161.98 in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for the value of thirty- five and ninety-nine one-hundredths acres of land in Putnam County, Georgia, at $450 per acre, which he conveyed by deed to the Government, represented by the Resettlement Administration, and for which he was not paid because of an erroneous survey of the tract by the General Land Office in February 1935, describing it as two hundred and thirty and seventy-two one-hundredths acres, whereas it in fact contained two hundred and sixty-six and seventy-two one- hundredths acres by subsequent survey of June 14, 1935: *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 ofPenalty for violation. this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.
Approved, July 16, 1937. For the relief of Halle D. McCullough. 1937-07-16 504 Chapter 50 Stat. 1033 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 504] AN ACT For the relief of Halle D. McCullough. July 16, 1937[[S. 1934](/us/bill/75/s/1934)][
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