Private Law 52.
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(/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)][[Private, No. 52](/us/pvt/75/52)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary Evangelos Karacostas.
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 Evangelos Karacostas, of Boston, Massachusetts, the sum of $500. Such sum shall be in full settlement of all his claims against the United States for the amount of a cash bond declared breached by the Department of Labor on April 13, 1929, upon the failure of said Evangelos Karacostas to depart from the United States as a temporary visitor, and subsequently covered into the Treasury of the United States, while there was pending a suit instituted by him and before a decision was rendered by the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts that said Evangelos Karacostas was entitled to remain in this country permanently: *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 947by 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 Penalty for violation.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 Charles M. Perkins. 1937-04-22 124 Chapter 50 Stat. 947 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 124] AN ACT For the relief of Charles M. Perkins. April 22, 1937[[H. R. 1089](/us/bill/75/hr/1089)][
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