Private Law 255.
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(/us/pvtl/76/254)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the SecretaryWilliam E. Cowen.Payment 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 William E. Cowen, of Washington, District of Columbia, an employee of the custodian’s office, Senate Office Building, the sum of $265, in full settlement of his claim against the United States for medical and hospital expenses incurred as a result of injuries sustained on April 29, 1937, when his left foot was crushed between the loading platform and the subway car: *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 ActPenalty for violation. shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, August 11, 1939. For the relief of N. F. Glower and Elijah Williams. 1939-08-11 706 Chapter 53 Stat. 1541 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. 1542 [CHAPTER 706] AN ACT For the relief of N. F. Glower and Elijah Williams.August 11, 1939[[S. 2056](/us/bill/76/s/2056)][[Private, No. 255](/us/pvtl/76/255)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,N. F. Clower.Reconveyance of real estate to. That the Secretary of the Treasury, for and on behalf of the United States of America, be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to execute to N.
F. Clower, of Shelby County, Tennessee, a quitclaim deed conveying any right, title, and interest of the United States of America in the following-described real estate lying and being in Shelby County, Tennessee, and particularly described as follows: Description.Being in the second civil district, of said county and State, to wit: Twenty-seven and six one-hundredths acres of land bounded on the north by the lands of White; on the east by the lands of Fields; on the south by the lands of Weaver; and on the west by the lands of Ensley or Barrett; and lots 9, 11, 12, and 13 in Clower’s subdivision in Shelby County, State of Tennessee, which subdivision was made in January A.
D. 1925; said lots are bounded on the north by the lands of N. F. Clower; on the east by the lands of Williams and Birdie Rice; on the south by Mitchell Avenue, and on the west by the Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church lands; said lots 9, 11, 12, and 13 are in block 2 of said subdivision; together with the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging. Sec. 2. Elijah Williams.Reconveyance of real estate to. That the Secretary of the Treasury, for and on behalf of the United States of America, be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to execute to Elijah Williams of Shelby County.
Tennessee, a quitclaim deed conveying any right, title, and interest of the United Description.States of America in the following-described real estate lying and being in the second civil district, county of Shelby, and State of Tennessee, to wit : Lot 42, block 1, of W. O. Crump’s Warford Avenue subdivision, as shown in plat book 8, at page 205, of the register’s office for the county of Shelby in the State of Tennessee, said land beginning on the north side of Calvert Avenue at the northwest corner of Branch Street forty feet ; thence north parallel with Branch Street one hundred and twenty-five feet; thence east parallel with Calvert Avenue forty feet to the west side of Branch Street; thence south with said west line one hundred and twenty-five feet to the beginning, together with the hereditaments and appurtenances there-unto belonging.
Sec. 3. Clerk of district court to satisfy of record judgment as sureties for Robert Rhone. That the clerk of the United States District Court for the. Western District of Tennessee, at Memphis, is hereby authorized and directed to satisfy of record the judgment obtained by the United States of America against N. F. Clower and Elijah Williams, as sureties on the forfeited bail bond of Robert Rhone, who was charged with violation of the United States Internal Revenue Act and who failed to appear as required by law but who subsequent to the first setting of his trial and within the same term of court, made his appearance, stood trial July 21, 1937, was convicted, sentenced, and *Proviso*.Payment of Federal costs, etc.has served his time and been discharged: *Provided*, *however*, That as a condition precedent, to the reconveyance of the property and the satisfaction of the judgment the claimants pay to the United States their proportionate share of the sum of $167.96, said sum representing costs and expenses incurred by the Government.
Approved, August 11, 1939. To confer jurisdiction on the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claims of certain claimants who suffered loss by flood at or near Bean Lake in Platte County, and Sugar Lake in Buchanan County, in the State of Missouri, during the month of March 1934. 1939-08-11 707 Chapter 53 Stat. 1543 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. 1543 [CHAPTER 707] AN ACT To confer jurisdiction on the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claims of certain claimants who suffered loss by flood at or near Bean Lake in Platte County, and Sugar Lake in Buchanan County, in the State of Missouri, during the month of March 1934.August 11, 1939[[H. R. 1693](/us/bill/76/hr/1693)][
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