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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 53 STAT. · July 15, 1939 · Private Law 95

Private Law 95.

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(/us/pvtl/76/94)]. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That SergeantSgt. Maj. Edwin O. Swift.Retirement with rank of 2d Lt. Major Edwin O. Swift, United States Marine Corps (retired), is hereby placed on the retired list of the United States Marine Corps with the rank of second lieutenant: *Provided*, That no increase in*Proviso*.Retired pay or allowances. active or retired pay or allowances shall result from the passage of this Act over and above that now authorized under the Act of June 6,[43 Stat. 470](/us/stat/43/470). 1924, to enlisted men on the retired list.
Approved, July 15, 1939. For the relief of Mrs. A. R. Barnard, Charles A. Stephens, Donald W. Prairie, and dependents of Vern A. Needles. 1939-07-15 309 Chapter 53 Stat. 1479 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 309] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. A. R. Barnard, Charles A.
Stephens, Donald W. Prairie, and dependents of Vern A. Needles.July 15, 1939[[H. R. 5346](/us/bill/76/hr/5346)][[Private, No. 95](/us/pvtl/76/95)]. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the SecretaryMrs. A. R. Barnard and others.Payments to. of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mrs. A. R. Barnard, Portland, Oregon, the sum of $672.80; to Charles A.
Stephens, Newport, Oregon, the sum of $852; and to Donald W. Prairie, Portland, Oregon, the sum of $300; in all, $1,824.80, as reimbursement for loss of the motorboat M. E. Sloan, which was capsized and destroyed while rendering assistance to the disabled Coast Guard53 Stat. 1480 motor lifeboat numbered 4473 and crew of the Siuslaw Station, Mrs. Vern A. Needles.Payment to.Florence, Oregon, on March 7, 1938; and the sum of $5,000 to Mrs. Vern A, Needles, Newport, Oregon, widow of Vern A.
Needles, who, as a member of the crew of the motorboat M. E. Sloan, was drowned when *Proviso*.Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.such motorboat was capsized and destroyed as aforesaid: *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 Penalty for violation.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, July 15, 1939. Providing for consideration of a recommendation for decoration of Sergeant Fred W. Stockham, deceased. 1939-07-15 310 Chapter 53 Stat. 1480 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 310] JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for consideration of a recommendation for decoration of Sergeant Fred W. Stockham, deceased.July 15, 1939[[S. J. Res. 2](/us/bill/76/sjres/2)][[Priv. Res., No. 2](/us/bill/76/privres/2)]. Whereas on the nights of June 13–14, 1918, at Belleau Woods, Fred Sgt. Fred W. Stockham (deceased).Preamble.W. Stockham, deceased, formerly a gunnery sergeant, United States Marine Corps, in action involving actual conflict with the enemy, distinguished himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty; and Whereas a citation citing said Fred W.
Stockham for the extraordinary heroism displayed by him at such time was written but, through accident, was not published and is not recorded in the War Department; and Whereas no decoration has been awarded to said Fred W. Stockham for the extraordinary heroism displayed by him at such time: Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Consideration of recommendation for decoration. That any recommendation for decoration by the United States of America of Fred W.
Stockham, deceased, formerly a gunnery sergeant, Ninety-sixth Company, Second Battalion, Sixth Division, United States Marine Corps, shall be considered and acted upon in the same manner as such recommendation would have been considered and acted upon if it had been pending on May 26, 1928. Approved, July 15, 1939. For the relief of Ida A. Deaver. 1939-07-17 311 Chapter 53 Stat. 1480 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 311] AN ACT For the relief of Ida A. Deaver.July 17, 1939[[S. 661](/us/bill/76/s/661)][
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