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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 53 STAT. · April 13, 1936 · Private Law 8

Private Law 8.

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(/us/pvtl/76/7)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Jack Nelson.Payment to guardian of. That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the legal guardian of Jack Nelson, a minor, Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, the sum of $695, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries received on April 13, 1936, when he was struck, on South Diamond Street, Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, by a Department of Agriculture truck driven by an Emergency *Proviso*.Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.Conservation Work employee: *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 to the contrary notwithstanding.
Penalty for violation.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, March 29, 1939. For the relief of Charles T. Wise. 1939-03-29 32 Chapter 53 Stat. 1442 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 32] AN ACT For the relief of Charles T. Wise.March 29, 1939[[H. R. 2079](/us/bill/76/hr/2079)][[Private, No. 8](/us/pvtl/76/8)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Charles T. Wise.Suit against United States authorized. That Charles T. Wise, former owner of three farms consisting of three hundred and four acres of land, more or less, near Camp Knox in Hardin County, Kentucky, is, as such former owner, hereby authorized to bring such suit or suits as he may respectively desire to so do against the United States of America to recover damages, if any, for loss or losses which he may have sustained or suffered, as such owner, by reason of establishment, construction, or maintenance of Camp Knox in the State of Kentucky.
Jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the District-Court of the United States for the Western District Jurisdiction conferred.of Kentucky to hear, consider, determine, and render judgments for the respective amounts of such damages, if any, as may be found to have been sustained or suffered by the said owner of said farms, with the same right of appeal as in other cases, and notwithstanding any lapse of *Proviso*.Time limitation.time or statute of limitation: *Provided*, That such action will be brought within one year from the date that this Act shall become effective.
Approved, March 29, 1939. For the relief of C. R. Henderson. 1939-03-29 33 Chapter 53 Stat. 1443 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. 1443 [CHAPTER 33] AN ACT For the relief of C. R. Henderson.March 29, 1939[[H.R. 3090](/us/bill/76/hr/3090)][
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