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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 52 STAT. · June 15, 1938 · Private Law 593

Private Law 593.

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(/us/pvtl/75/592)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Robert E. Lee Hotel, Jackson, Miss.Payment to. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to52 Stat. 1343the Robert E. Lee Hotel, of Jackson, Mississippi, the sum of $200, in full satisfaction of its claim against the United States for a refund of the value of one invalid postal money order fraudulently issued by Harry G.
Peek, former postmaster at Sondheimer, Louisiana, which sum has heretofore been paid to the United States:*Proviso*.Limitation on attorney’s, fees. *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 thePenalty for violation. 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.
Sec. 2. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent theRecovery of funds embezzled by Harry G. Peek. recovery by the United States of funds embezzled by the said Harry G. Peek, or on money orders unlawfully issued by him, except that which is the subject of this claim. Approved, June 15, 1938. For the relief of John H. Owens. 1938-06-15 52 Stat. 1343 441 Chapter 75 3 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 private [CHAPTER 441] AN ACT For the relief of John H. Owens. June 15, 1938[[S. 1274](/us/bill/75/s/1274)][[Private, No. 593](/us/pvtl/75/593)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the SecretaryJohn H. Owens.Payment to. of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to John H. Owens, of Omaha, Nebraska, the sum of $1,500, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for personal injuries sustained on September 23, 1931, when the automobile he was driving was struck at the intersection of Twentieth and Harney Streets, Omaha, Nebraska, by an automobile owned by the Department of Agriculture and operated by an employee thereof: *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 deemedPenalty for violation. guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 15, 1938. For the relief of the Blue Rapids Gravel Company, of Blue Rapids, Kansas. 1938-06-15 52 Stat. 1343 442 Chapter 75 3 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 private [CHAPTER 442] AN ACT For the relief of the Blue Rapids Gravel Company, of Blue Rapids, Kansas. June 15, 1938[[S. 2563](/us/bill/75/s/2563)][
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