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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 50 STAT. · April 13, 1929 · Private Law 53

Private Law 53.

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(/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)][[Private, No. 53](/us/pvt/75/53)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Comptroller Charles M.
Perkins. Credit in postal accounts. General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit the account of Charles M. Perkins, former postmaster at Seattle, Washington, with the sum of $14,897.66, representing the amount of postal funds lost in the robbery of said post office on December 23, 1931, and now charged to the account of the former postmaster. Sec. 2. That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed further to credit the account of Charles M.
Perkins, former postmaster at Seattle, Washington, with the sum of $1,100, representing the amount of postal funds embezzled by Edgar A. Chitwood, former assistant postal cashier of said post office, between June 6 and June 10, 1932, and now charged to the account of the former postmaster. Approved, April 22, 1937. For the relief of William Blakeley, or Blakley, as administrator of the estate of Joseph Blakeley, deceased. 1937-04-23 126 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 126] AN ACT For the relief of William Blakeley, or Blakley, as administrator of the estate of Joseph Blakeley, deceased. April 23, 1937[[H. R. 2780](/us/bill/75/hr/2780)][
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