Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 52.djvu/1478

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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 834-836 -JUNE 29, 1938 [CHAPTER 834] June 29, 1938 [H. R . 9135] [Private, No. 819] AN ACT For the relief of Emons Wolfer. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Payments Wo United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Emons Wolfer, of McLaughlin, South Dakota, the sum of $4,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injury sustained by him when the truck he was driving was struck, on August 17, 1935, by an Indian Service truck of the Interior Depart- ment, driven by an Emergency Conservation Work employee, on a highway in the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, between Selfridge Prion on and Fort Yates, Sioux County, North Dakota: Provided, That no Limitation on at- ,rney'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 Penalty for viola- 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 29, 1938. June 29, 1938 [H. R. 9199] [Private, No. 820] Helen M. Krekler. Credit in postal ac- counts. Kemp Plummer. Cred t In postal ac- counts. June 29, 1938 [H. R . 9282] [Private, No. 821] D. B . Carter. Payment to estate [CHAPTER 835] AN ACT For the relief of Helen M. Krekler and the estate of Kemp Plummer. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- troller General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to allow credit in the account of Helen M. Krekler, postmaster at Clinton, Indiana, in the sum of $392.60, representing a disallowance by the General Accounting Office of a payment made by her to a former assistant postmaster on account of accrued annual leave, but whose separation from the service was later postponed by the Post Office Department to include an allowance for said annual leave. SEC. 2. That the Comptroller General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to allow credit in the account of Kemp Plum- mer, former postmaster at Portsmouth, Virginia, in the sum of $68.43, representing a disallowance by the General Accounting Office of a payment made by him to a former clerk on account of accrued annual leave, but whose separation from the service was later postponed by the Post Office Department to include an allowance for said annual leave. Approved, June 29, 1938. [CHAPTER 836] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of D. B . Carter. 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 to the estate of D. B . Carter, deceased, formerly of Richmond, Vir- ginia, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $3,000, in full settlement of all claims against the Govern- ment of the United States for personal injuries, or the death of said 1438 [52 STAT. te ti