June 8, 1934. [S. 254.] [Private, No. 206.1 Fred H. Cotter. 44, p. 772. [CHAPTER 432.1 AN ACT For the relief of Fred H. Cotter. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the requireVol. 39, p. 746; Vol. ments of sections 15 to 20, both inclusive, of the Act entitled "An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes," approved September 7, 1916, as amended, are hereby waived in the case of Fred H. Cotter, of Portland, Oregon, formerly employed by the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Agriculture, who is alleged to have contracted disease on November 17, 1929, while in the performance of his duties as such employee, and the United States Employees' Compensation Commission is authorized and directed to consider and act upon any claim filed by him under the provisions of such Act, as amended, within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, for compensation for disability resulting from such disease; but compensation, if any, shall be paid from and after the date of enactment of this Act. Such payments of compensation shall be made out of funds heretofore or hereafter appropriated for the payment of awards under the provisions of such Act, as amended." Available funds. June 8, 1934. [S. 785.] [Private, No. 207.] Elizabeth Bolger. Payment to, for personal injuries. Proviso. Limitation on attor ney's, etc., fees. Approved, June 8, 1934. [CHAPTER 433.] AN ACT For the relief of Elizabeth Bolger. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay Elizabeth Bolger the sum of $700 in full settlement of all claims against the Government on account of personal injuries sustained as the result of the carelessness of the driver of Navy automobile numbered six hundred and thirty-seven, on April 5, 1919, in Brooklyn, New York: 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 agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, 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, June 8, 1934. June 8, 1934. [8. 1078.] Private, No. 208. Hawkins. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Mrs. Asa Caswell United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Payment to, for of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mrs. Asa Časwell Hawkins, widow of Asa C. Hawkins, of the county of Lenoir and the State of North Carolina, the sum of $5,000 in full death of husband. Proviso. compensation for the death of said Asa C. Hawkins, who was killed Approved, June 8, 1934. [CHAPTER 435.] AN ACT For the relief of the Sultzbach Clothing Company. Penalty for violation. June 8, 1934. (S. 1191.] [Private, No. 209.] Sultzbach Clothing Proviso. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Sultzbach Clothing Company the sum of $6,000 in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States. Such sum represents the amount of a fine paid by Sultzbach Clothing Company pursuant to a conviction for violating certain provisions of the Lever Act of August 10, 1917, as amended, prior to the declaration by the Supreme Court of the United States of the unconstitutionality of such provisions: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to ney's, etc., fees. or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the 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, June 8, 1934. [CHAPTER 436.] AN ACT To pay a gratuity to Emma Ferguson Starrett. imitation on attor Penalty for violation. June 8, 1934. [S. 1401.] [Private, No. 210.] Emma Ferguson Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Starrett. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Emma Ferguson Starrett, widow of Henry P. Starrett, late American consul general at Algiers, Algeria, the sum of $8,000, equal to one year's salary of her deceased husband: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum ney's, etc., thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or Proviso. Limitation on attor fees. June 8, 1934. [S. 2969.] [Private, No. 212.] rial Hospital. Payment to, treatments to Henry Manning. Paul agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the 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, June 8, 1934. [CHAPTER 437.] AN ACT For the relief of R. S. Howard Company, Incorporated. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Court of Claims to hear and adjudicate, without regard to existing statutes of limitations, the claim of R. S. Howard Company, for just compensation, arising out of the service upon said company of United States Navy Commandeer Order Numbered N-3255, dated June 18, 1918, with the same right as in other cases to either party to apply to the Supreme Court of the United States for writ of certiorari to review any judgment that may be rendered. Approved, June 8, 1934. [CHAPTER 438.] AN ACT For the relief of the Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Mary Black Memo- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary for of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Mary Black Memorial Hospital, Incorporated, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, the sum of $2,500.85, in full satisfaction of all claims of such hospital against the United States for expenses incurred in furnishing hospitalization and medical and surgical treatment to Paul Henry Manning, a fireman, second-class, United States Navy, from October 16, 1931, to February 1, 1932, pursuant to a telegraphic authorization dated October 16, 1931, from the Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Virginia, such claim having been subsequently disallowed by the Comptroller General: 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 agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any Penalty for violation. contract to the 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, June 8, 1934. Proviso. Limitation on attorney's, etc., fees. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Lucy Cobb Stewart, widow of Nathaniel B. Stewart, late consul general at Barcelona, the sum of $9,000, such sum representing one year's salary of her deceased husband, who died while at his post of duty. Approved, June 8, 1934. [CHAPTER 440.] AN ACT For making compensation to the estate of Nellie Lamson. June 8, 1934. [S. 3026.] [Private, No. 213.] Lucy Cobb Stewart. gratuity to. Payment of death June 8, 1934. [H.R. 7168.] [Private, No. 214.] Payment to estate of. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Nellie Lamson. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $325, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States, to Frank A. Lamson, as the administrator of the estate of Nellie Lamson, of Lower Tonsina, Alaska, deceased, as compensation for the loss of nineteen foxes, the property of the said Nellie Lamson, which were killed as a result of careless dynamite blasting on the homestead of the said Nellie Lamson by the employees of the Alaska Road Commission while engaged in public work for the Government on May 2, 1931: Provided, That no part Proviso. 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 agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person Penalty for violation. 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. Providing for the appointment of Richmond Pearson Hobson, formerly a captain in the United States Navy, as a rear admiral in the Navy, and his retirement in that grade. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint Richmond Pearson Hobson, formerly a captain of the United States Navy, a rear admiral in the Navy, with the rank, pay, and allowances thereof, and upon his acceptance of such appointment and the issuance of the commission in pursuance thereof, he shall be retired by the President as from active service and be placed upon the retired list in the grade of rear admiral, as of thirty years' service, and with the pay of that grade. Approved, June 9, 1934. Limitation on attor ney's, etc., fees. June 11, 1934. [S. 85.] [Private, No. 216.] Paul J. Sisk. June 11, 1934. [8. 176.] [Private, No. 217.] Harry Harsin. counts. June 11, 1934. [S. 256.] [Private, No. 218.] Milburn Knapp. June 11, 1934. [S. 512.] [Private, No. 219.] Peter Pierre. loss of horse. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comptroller General is authorized and directed to settle and certify for payment to Paul J. Sisk, a clerk in the post office at Spokane, Washington, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the amount of $60, on account of an erroneous payment by him on money order numbered 234886, for that amount, issued at Payette, Idaho, on September 5, 1931. Approved, June 11, 1934. [CHAPTER 449.] AN ACT For the relief of Harry Harsin. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to credit Harry Harsin, postmaster at Asbury Park, New Jersey, in his accounts with the sum of $28,022, the amount of money and postage stamps lost in the burglary of the post office at Asbury Park, New Jersey, on July 6, 1929. Approved, June 11, 1934. [CHAPTER 450.] AN ACT For the relief of Milburn Knapp. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Milburn Knapp, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $16,000 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for losses sustained by him as the result of the revocation by the Department of the Interior, on November 12, 1913, of a permit granted for the use of the Williamson River in connection with a contract for the cutting and removal of certain timberlands in the Klamath Indian Reservation, in the State of Oregon, entered into on January 24, 1913, by Milburn Knapp and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs on behalf of the United States. Approved, June 11, 1934. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Reimbursement, for United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $45 to Peter Pierre, in payment for a horse which was lost while being used to transport supplies to a forest fire on the Flathead Indian Reservation, State of Montana. Approved, June 11, 1934. |