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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 52 STAT. · October 30, 1930 · Private Law 421

Private Law 421.

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(/us/pvtl/75/420)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* John Prosser.Payment to. That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to John Prosser, of Turtle Lake, Wisconsin, the sum of $400 in full satisfaction of all his claims against the United States for injuries received by him on October 30, 1930, while participating in the arrest of two criminals who confessed to burglary of the post office at Fontanet, Indiana, but were prosecuted, convicted, and imprisoned for offenses against the State of Indiana, said sum to be in lieu of the Federal reward to which said John Prosser would have been entitled had the criminals been prosecuted and convicted of the post-office burglary: *Provided*, That no part of the amount appropriated in this*Proviso.*Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.
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 violatingPenalty for violation. 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, February 10, 1938. For the relief of the Chicago, Milwaukee, Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad Company. 52 Stat. 1268 Chapter 22 1938-02-10 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 2024-11-15 75 3 private 52 Stat. 1268 [CHAPTER 22] AN ACT For the relief of the Chicago, Milwaukee, Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad Company. February 10, 1938[[S. 2606](/us/bill/75/s/2606)][[Private, No. 421](/us/pvtl/75/421)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Chicago, Milwaukee, Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad Company.Payment to. That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any moneyin the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Chicago, Milwaukee, Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad Company the sum of $798 in full satisfaction of its claims against the United States for damages to its transmission lines resulting from blasting operations of a Forest Service road-construction crew engaged in construction on Saint Joe River Road Project Numbered 456, in the Saint Joe National Forest, State of Idaho: *Provided*, That no part of the*Proviso.*Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees. 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 guiltyPenalty for violation. of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, February 10, 1938. For the relief of Heinrich Schmidt, G. m. b. H., of Flensburg, Germany. 52 Stat. 1268 Chapter 26 1938-02-12 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 2024-11-15 75 3 private [CHAPTER 26] AN ACT For the relief of Heinrich Schmidt, G. m. b. H., of Flensburg, Germany. February 12, 1938[[S. 676](/us/bill/75/s/676)][
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