Private Law 377.
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(/us/bill/75/pvtl/376)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the SecretaryCharles E. Names.Payment to. of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Charles E. Names the sum of $225, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the loss of an article of mail registered at the Osceola
(Iowa)post office on April 29, 1920, which contained certain abstracts of title to lands owned by the said Charles E. Names. The postmaster at such post office was held responsible for the full amount of the loss, but the amount of the judgment recovered against him was inadvertently covered into the general fund of the Treasury as “Fines, penalties, and forfeitures”, and the said Charles E. Names has never been reimbursed for the cost of new abstracts of title: *Provided*,*Provisos*.Cancelation of settlement warrant. That the Comptroller General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to cancel post office settlement warrant numbered 10581 in favor of Banta and Banta (E. G. Banta, successor), Osceola, Iowa, in the sum of $50: *Provided further*, That no part ofLimitation on attorney’s, etc., fees. 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. Any person violatingPenalty for violation. 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, August 26, 1937. For the relief of Oliver Z. Hoge. 1937-08-26 847 Chapter 50 Stat. 1091 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 847] AN ACT For the relief of Oliver Z. Hoge. August 26, 1937[[H. R. 2195](/us/bill/75/hr/2195)][[Private, No. 377](/us/bill/75/pvtl/377)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the SecretaryOliver Z. Hoge.Payment to. of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Oliver Z. Hoge, of Staunton, Virginia, the sum of $1,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damages sustained by him as the result of personal injuries received in a fall, on September 19, 1936, down an unprotected and unlighted outside stairway at the rear of the post-office building in Staunton, Virginia: *Provided*, That no part of*Proviso*.Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees. 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 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, August 26, 1937. For the relief of Florida O. McLain, widow of Calvin E. McLain. 1937-08-26 848 Chapter 50 Stat. 1092 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 1092 [CHAPTER 848] AN ACT For the relief of Florida O. McLain, widow of Calvin E. McLain. August 26, 1937[[H. R. 2229](/us/bill/75/hr/2229)][
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