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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 50 STAT. · April 21, 1937 · Private Law 51

Private Law 51.

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(/us/pvt/75/50)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Comptroller Reedsville Experimental Community, Arthurdale, W. Va. Construction, etc., claims to be adjusted.General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to receive, settle, and adjust all claims of contractors in connection with the constructing and equipping of the factory building at the Reedsville Experimental Community, a subsistence homestead project, at Arthurdale, West Virginia.
The unexpended Funds available for payment.balance of the sum made available to the President, for making loans for and otherwise aiding in the purchase of subsistence homesteads, by section 208 of the National Industrial Recovery Act, as amended [48 Stat. 205](/us/stat/48/205).[40 U. S. C. § 408](/us/usc/t40/s408).and extended, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby made 946*Proviso.* Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees. available for payment of such claims: *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 agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services’ rendered in connection with these claims.
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 these Penalty for violation.claims, 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, April 21, 1937. For the relief of Kate Carter Lyons. 1937-04-21 119 Chapter 50 Stat. 946 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 119] AN ACT For the relief of Kate Carter Lyons. April 21, 1937[[H. R. 1870](/us/bill/75/hr/1870)][[Private, No. 51](/us/pvt/75/51)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and.
House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary Kate Carter Lyons. Payment to. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Kate Carter Lyons, of Travelers Rest, South Carolina, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,000 in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States for personal injuries received by her when she fell into an excavation on her property at the above address on June 4, 1934, said excavation having been made in January 1934 and left open by employees of the Civil Works Administration in preparation for the placement of a United States Coast and Geodetic Survey monument therein: *Proviso.* Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.
Penalty for violation. *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 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, April 21, 1937. For the relief of Evangelos Karacostas. 1937-04-21 120 Chapter 50 Stat. 946 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 120] AN ACT For the relief of Evangelos Karacostas. April 21, 1937[[H. R. 1923](/us/bill/75/hr/1923)][
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