Private Law 236.
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(/us/pvtl/76/235)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That in recognition Rev. Francis X. Quinn.Presentation of gold medal to, authorized.of the valor of Reverend Francis X. Quinn, pastor of the Church of the Guardian Angel, New York City, who risked his life by entering a room where an armed desperado held two elderly persons as hostages, and who by successfully disarming this criminal and saving the lives of two innocent persons distinguished himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of his duty, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to cause to be struck, and the President is authorized to present to the said Reverend Francis X.
Quinn, a gold medal of appropriate design with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury. Sec. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sumAppropriation authorized. as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Approved, August 10, 1939. Readmitting Mary Cohen Bienvenu to citizenship. 1939-08-10 659 Chapter 53 Stat. 1533 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 659] JOINT RESOLUTION Readmitting Mary Cohen Bienvenu to citizenship.August 10, 1939[[S. J. Res. 72](/us/bill/76/sjres/72)][[Priv. Res., No. 3](/us/bill/76/privres/3)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Mary Cohen Mary Cohen Bienvenu.Readmission to citizenship.Bienvenu, a native citizen of the United States, born in Atlanta, Georgia, the daughter of John Sanford Cohen, a former Senator of the United States from the State of Georgia, who is alleged to have forfeited her citizenship by marriage with an alien in 1934, be, and she is hereby, on her own application unconditionally readmitted to the character and privileges of a citizen of the United States of America.
Approved, August 10, 1939. To amend the Act entitled “An Act for the relief of Harry Bryan and Alda Duffield Mullins, and others”. 1939-08-10 668 Chapter 53 Stat. 1534 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. 1534 [CHAPTER 668] AN ACT To amend the Act entitled “An Act for the relief of Harry Bryan and Alda Duffield Mullins, and others”.August 10, 1939[[H.
R. 377](/us/bill/76/hr/377)][[Private, No. 236](/us/pvtl/76/236)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Harry Bryan and Alda Duffield Mullins, and others.[50 Stat. 1100](/us/stat/50/1100). That the Act entitled “An Act for the relief of Harry Bryan and Alda Duffield Mullins, and others”, approved August 28, 1937, is hereby amended by renumbering section 2 thereof as section 3, and by adding thereto the following section:
" “Sec. 2. Payments for hospital, medical, and other expenses. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in accordance with such certifications as may be made by the Works Progress Administrator, or his duly authorized representative under this Act, claims for hospital, medical, and other reasonable expenses necessarily incurred by, in behalf, or at the request, of the claimants named in this Act as a result of the explosion that occurred in Gassaway, West Virginia, on November 7, 1936: *Provisos*.Payments deemed in full settlement.*Provided*, That such payments as may be made hereunder shall be deemed to be in full settlement of all claims against the United States and against the claimants named in this Act for said expenses:
Maximum expenditure.*Provided further*, That the total amount that may be paid hereunder by the Secretary of the Treasury in settlement of said claims shall Time for filing claim.not exceed the sum of $18,000. No claim, or part thereof, for expenses incurred after January 1, 1939, shall be considered, nor shall any claim be considered or paid under the provisions of this Act unless application therefor shall be filed with the Works Progress Administration by or on behalf of the person entitled to payment within Determination and certification of amount.six months from the date of approval of this Act.
The Works Progress Administrator, or his duly authorized representative, shall determine the amount due on any application, and the person entitled thereto under the provisions of this Act, and shall certify such determinations to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment of the claims, which determination shall be final and conclusive upon the acounting officers of the Government.” " Approved, August 10, 1939. For the relief of George Slade. 1939-08-10 669 Chapter 53 Stat. 1534 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 669] AN ACT For the relief of George Slade.August 10, 1939[[H. R. 2452](/us/bill/76/hr/2452)][
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- Private Law 234for the relief of the Playa de Flor Land and Improvement Company”, approved May 21, 1934. 1939-08-10 657 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
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