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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 50 STAT. · July 2, 1935 · Private Law 397

Private Law 397.

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(/us/bill/75/pvtl/396)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the SecretaryMargaret Voorhees.Payment to guardian. 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 $3,000 to the legal guardian of Margaret Voorhees, a minor, of Fonda, New York, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for injuries sustained on July 2, 1935, at Fonda, New York, by Margaret Voorhees, as the result of the explosion of a torpedo firecracker thrown by a member of Company H, Sixty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry: *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, August 28, 1937. For the relief of P. S. Everest. 1937-08-28 880 Chapter 50 Stat. 1100 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 1100 [CHAPTER 880] AN ACT For the relief of P. S. Everest. August 28, 1937[[S. 1402](/us/bill/75/s/1402)][[Private, No. 397](/us/bill/75/pvtl/397)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, P.
S. Everest.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 P. S. Everest, former Superintendent and special disbursing agent for the Lac du Flambeau Indian Agency, Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin, the sum of $515.14, said sum to be in full settlement of his claim against the United States for a refund of interest paid to the Government on the principal sum of $1,712.23, representing losses incurred from January 30 to July 30, 1930, on account of the fraudulent acts of W.
H. Shawnee, deputy disbursing agent, which principal sum has been paid to P. S. Everest by the surety of W. H. *Proviso*.Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.Shawnee: *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 attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be Penalty for violation.unlawful, 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 fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, August 28, 1937. For the relief of Harry Bryan and Alda Duffield Mullins, and others. 1937-08-28 881 Chapter 50 Stat. 1100 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 881] AN ACT For the relief of Harry Bryan and Alda Duffield Mullins, and others. August 28, 1937[[S. 1640](/us/bill/75/s/1640)][
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