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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 52 STAT. · June 23, 1938 · Private Law 707

Private Law 707.

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(/us/bill/75/pvtl/706)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, J, T. Burt and Alice Burt.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, to J. T. Burt and to his wife, Alice Burt, of Weir, Mississippi, the sum of $240 in full satisfaction of their claim against the United States for the loss of that sum resulting from the error of an agent of the Resettlement Administration, now the Farm Security Administration, in filling in an option contract for the sale of one hundred and twenty acres of land in Choctaw County, Mississippi, to the United States, it being mutually understood and agreed by and between J.
T. Burt and Alice Burt and the agents of the United States that the said land would be sold for the sum of $12.50 per acre, whereas through error the option agreement fixed the sale price52 Stat. 1391 at $10.50 per acre; *Provided*, That no part of the amount appropriated*Proviso*.Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees. 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.
AnyPenalty for violation. person violating the provisions of this Act shall lie deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 23, 1938. For the relief of John Borowski, Benjamin U. Hammack, and Eber A. Wean. 1938-06-23 641 Chapter 52 Stat. 1391 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 641] AN ACT For the relief of John Borowski, Benjamin U. Hammack, and Eber A. Wean. June 23, 1938[[H. R. 9674](/us/bill/75/hr/9674)][[Private, No. 707](/us/bill/75/pvtl/707)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the SecretaryJohn Borowski and others.Payments 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 John Borowski, Portland, Oregon, the sum of $63.38; to Benjamin H.
Hammack, Portland, Oregon, the sum of $73.62; and to Eber A. Wean, Gresham, Oregon, the sum of $76.75; in all, $213.75, in full settlement of their claims against the United States for the value of tools and personal property destroyed by fire at Camp Apiary, Houlton, Oregon, on August 30, 1936, while such persons were employees of the Work11So in original. Progress Administration: *Provided*, That no part of*Proviso*.Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees. 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 bePenalty for violation. deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 23, 1938. For the relief of John Borowski, Benjamin U. Hammack, and Eber A. Wean. 1938-06-23 642 Chapter 52 Stat. 1391 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 642] AN ACT For the relief of John Borowski, Benjamin U. Hammack, and Eber A. Wean. June 23, 1938[[H. R. 9825](/us/bill/75/hr/9825)][
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