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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 53 STAT. · August 10, 1939 · Private Law 232

Private Law 232.

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(/us/pvtl/76/231)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the ComptrollerW. Rufus Jackson.Credit in postal accounts. General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to credit the account of W. Rufus Jackson, postmaster, Saint Louis, Missouri, in the amount of $50, representing a disallowance by the General Accounting Office for an overpayment made to Conrad Groepper, who served as clerk in charge of contract station numbered 45 of the Saint Louis, Missouri, post office.
Sec. 2. That the Comptroller General of the United States isClinton, S, C.Cancelation of charges against postmasters, former and present. hereby authorized and directed to cancel the charges against the postmasters, former and present, at Clinton, South Carolina, in the amount of $111.46, representing a payment made to W. D. Peay, former assistant postmaster at Clinton, in compensation for accrued annual leave, such payment having been authorized by the Post Office Department but later disallowed by the General Accounting Office.
Sec. 3. That the Comptroller General of the United States isC. C. Ausherman.Cancelation of charge against. hereby authorized and directed to cancel the charge of $160.87 against C. C. Ausherman, former postmaster at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, heretofore disallowed by the General Accounting Office, the amount representing overpayments to three village carriers in 1924 resulting from erroneous instructions given the postmaster by the Post Office Department. Approved, August 10, 1939.
For the relief of George A. Meffan, United States marshal, district of Idaho. 1939-08-10 655 Chapter 53 Stat. 1532 76 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 2024-11-24 private 53 Stat. 1532 [CHAPTER 655] AN ACT For the relief of George A. Meffan, United States marshal, district of Idaho.August 10, 1939[[H.
R. 5607](/us/bill/76/hr/5607)][[Private, No. 232](/us/pvtl/76/232)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,George A. Meffan.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 George A. Meffan, United States marshal, district of Idaho, the sum of $85.37 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for reimbursement of a deposit in the Treasury of the United States on account of disallowances by the Comptroller General in his official accounts for the period ended March 31, 1934, involving authorized *Proviso*.Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.payments in connection with depositions for the Government: *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 Penalty for violation.to the contrary notwithstanding.
Any person violating 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, August 10, 1939. For the relief of Mrs. S. F. Sewell. 1939-08-10 656 Chapter 53 Stat. 1532 76 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 2024-11-24 private [CHAPTER 656] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs.
S. F. Sewell.August 10, 1939[[H. R. 6099](/us/bill/76/hr/6099)][
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