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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 53 STAT. · April 20, 1939 · Private Law 31

Private Law 31.

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(/us/pvtl/76/30)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and Hanse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the SecretaryShipowners and Merchants Towboat Company, Ltd.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 Shipowners and Merchants Towboat Company, Limited, of San Francisco, California, the sum of $2,515.07 in full settlement of all claims against tile United States for damages sustained to several of their tugboats while hauling the United States ship Tennessee afloat off Alameda, California, on June 11 and 12, 1937: *Provided*, That no*Proviso*.Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees. 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 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, April 20, 1939. For the relief of Allen L. Abshier, Verne G. Adams, Oliver D. Chattin, William K. Heath, and Harry B. Jennings. 1939-04-20 82 Chapter 53 Stat. 1451 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 82] AN ACT For the relief of Allen L. Abshier, Verne G. Adams, Oliver D. Chattin, William K. Heath, and Harry B. Jennings.April 20, 1939[[H. R. 2064](/us/bill/76/hr/2064)][[Private, No. 31](/us/pvtl/76/31)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the SecretaryAllen L. Abshier 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 Allen L.
Abshier the stun of $139.50, to Verne G. Adams the sum of $402.24, to Oliver D. Chattin the sum of $102.75, to William K. Heath the sum of $26.73, and to Harry B. Jennings the sum of $290, in all $961.22, in full satisfaction of all their claims against the United States for damage to or loss of personal property resulting from a fire which occurred on May 8, 1938, in the officers’ quarters 53 Stat. 1452of the administration building at Federal Prison Camp Numbered 11, Kooskia, Idaho, while such persons were employees of the Bureau of *Proviso*.Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.Prisons, Department of Justice: *Provided*, That no part of the amounts 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 Penalty for violation.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, April 20, 1939. Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear and determine the claim of the Mack Copper Company. 1939-04-20 83 Chapter 53 Stat. 1452 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 83] AN ACT Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear and determine the claim of the Mack Copper Company.April 20, 1939[[H. R. 2595](/us/bill/76/hr/2595)][
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