Private Law 65.
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(/us/pvt/75/64)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That jurisdiction Canal Dredging Company. Jurisdiction conferred upon Court of Claims to hear claim of. is hereby conferred upon the United States Court of Claims to hear the claim of the Canal Dredging Company, a corporation under the laws of Illinois, with its principal office in the city of Memphis, Tennessee, and to determine and report to Congress the amount of additional compensation, if any, that said Canal Dredging Company may be justly entitled to for the excavation of rock exceeding the percentage represented in and by the specifications, profiles, and other data relating to the work and for its loss on account of its preparation for doing the work which it was to do in the State of Florida along the south shore of Lake Okeechobee in the area known locally as South Bay between the Miami Canal and Bacom Point, under the contract entered into on the 5th day of August 1932 between the United States and itself designated as “Contract W. 436- eng-3071”, and supplemental agreement modifying the same between said parties, approved by the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, on the 13th day of July 1933, terminated by supplemental agreement entered into between said parties on the 14th day of June 1934, and for the best interests of the Government, because of the discovery of rock to be excavated in excess of that represented and contemplated as aforesaid, entitling said Canal Dredging Company to a material increase in the contract price, in order that the Government might construct said work by Government plant and hired labor, of a materially different design as more efficient for the purpose intended and at a less cost to the Government, to which said Canal Dredging Company consented.
Commencement of suit. Sec. 2. Such claim may be instituted at any time within one year after the passage of this Act, notwithstanding the lapse of time or any statute of limitations. Approved, May 6, 1937. For the relief of Harold Wright, a minor. 1937-05-06 168 Chapter 50 Stat. 952 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 168] AN ACT For the relief of Harold Wright, a minor. May 6, 1937[[H. R. 1281](/us/bill/75/hr/1281)][[Private, No. 65](/us/pvt/75/65)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary Harold Wright. Payment to guardian of. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $3,500 to the legal guardian of Harold Wright, a minor, of Walker County, Alabama, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for injuries received by said minor on the 11th day of February 1934 as the. result of an explosion of a dynamite cap, or detonator, the property of the United States, which was negligently stored by employees of the Civil Works Administration, at Hull, *Proviso.* Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.
Walker County, Alabama: *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 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 953appropriated 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 violating the provisions of Penalty 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, May 6, 1937. For the relief of Etta Natelsky. 1937-05-06 169 Chapter 50 Stat. 953 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 169] AN ACT For the relief of Etta Natelsky.
May 6, 1937[[H. R. 1859](/us/bill/75/hr/1859)][
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