July 16, 1932. [H. R. 2927.] [Private, No. 172.] George M. Peed. of widow, lost certifi of. Elsie M. Sears, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, the sum of $25 in full settlement of all claims against the Government for personal injuries and damage to her clothing as the result of an accident which she suffered, without negligence on her own part, on the 23d day of July, 1926, while in the Federal building in said Plymouth. For the relief of Eva May Peed, widow of George M. Peed, deceased. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Redemption in favor of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cates of indebtedness redeem in favor of Eva May Peed, widow of George M. Peed, deceased, 4% per centum United States Treasury certificates of indebtedness, numbered 17951 to 17954, inclusive, in the denomination. of $500 each, dated September 16, 1929, matured June 16, 1930, series TJ-1930, without interest and without presentation of the said certificates which are alleged to have been lost or stolen: Provided, That the said certificates of indebtedness shall not have been previously presented and paid, and that no payment shall be made hereunder for any coupons which may have been attached to the certificates: Provided further, That said George M. Peed shall first file in the Treasury Department a bond in the penal sum of double the amount of the principal of said certificates of indebtedness in such form and with such corporate surety as may be acceptable to the Secretary of the Treasury to indemnify and save harmless the United States. from any loss on account of the certificates of indebtedness hereinbefore described. Provisos. Indemnity bond. July 16, 1932. [H. R. 7199.] [Private, No. 173.] Frank Martin. sonal injuries. Proviso. Limitation torney's, etc., fees. on Approved, July 16, 1932. [CHAPTER 505.] AN ACT For the relief of Frank Martin. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Payment to, for per- of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated and in full settlement against the Government, the sum of $3,168.50 to Frank Martin for injuries received when struck by a United States at mail truck: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 5 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 5 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, 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, July 16, 1932. [CHAPTER 506.] AN ACT For the relief of May Weaver. July 16, 1932. [H. R. 7215.] [Private, No. 174.] May Weaver. 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 to, for fatal injuries to pay, out of any money in the United States Treasury not otherwise husband. appropriated, to May Weaver, widow of Charles V. Weaver, the sum of $50 per month, for a period not exceeding one hundred months, in full settlement of all claims against the Government for fatal injuries sustained by him while performing services in removing and assisting post-office inspectors in the examination and unloading of bombs mailed at the Easton, Pennsylvania, post office on December 30, 1931: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act shall be paid or delivered to or received torney's, etc., fees. 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 on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating Penalty for violation. 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. Proviso. on at July 19, 1932. [S. 811.] [Private, No. 175.} William H. Beers. and heirs at law of. Payment to widow 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 Sophia A. Beers, widow and the heirs at law of William H. Beers, deceased, the sum of $4,000 in full compensation and settlement for all claims and demands of William H. Beers, deceased, growing out of, or arising from, the use, destruction, and loss of certain pipebending machines in the United States navy yard at Puget Sound, Washington: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated imitation in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or deliv- torney's, etc., fees. ered 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 Proviso. on at contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of Penalty for violation. 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 19, 1932. July 19, 1932. [S. 2437.] [Private, No. 176.] cumbe. for fatal injuries to. on Proviso. Limitation torney's, etc.,[fees. [CHAPTER 517.] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Annie Lee Edgecumbe, deceased. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Annie Lee Edge- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Payment to estate of, of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the estate of Annie Lee Edgecumbe, deceased, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $5,000 as full compensation for the death of Annie Lee Edgecumbe, on October 17, 1930, on account of having been struck by a United States Navy at plane in Pensacola Bay, Florida: 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 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. Penalty for violation. Approved, July 19, 1932. PRIVATE LAWS OF THE SEVENTY-SECOND CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the fifth day of December, 1932, and was adjourned without day on Saturday, the fourth day of March, 1933. HERBERT HOOVER, President; CHARLES CURTIS, Vice President; GEORGE H. MOSES, President of the Senate pro tempore; SIMEON D. FESS, Acting President of the Senate pro tempore, February 28, 1933; JOHN N. GARNER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. [CHAPTER 2.] AN ACT For the relief of John S. Shaw. December 13, 1932. John S. Shaw. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States Employees' Compensation Commission is hereby authorized to be examined. to consider and determine the claim of John S. Shaw, who purports to have suffered injury while employed as rural mail carrier some time in October, 1918, in the same manner and to the same extent as if said John S. Shaw had made application for the benefits of said Act within the one-year period required by sections 17 and 20 thereof: Provided, That no benefit shall accrue prior to the enactment of this Act. Approved, December 13, 1932. [CHAPTER 3.] AN ACT Vol. 39, p. 746. No prior benefits. December 14, 1932. office. Restitution to employees of. For the restitution of employees of the post office at Detroit, Michigan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary oce of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Peter Wiggle, the sum of $2,150.75; to Alden Catton, $1,821.92; to George D. Walker, $1,821.92; to James P. Murray, $1,000; to Charles C. Kellogg, $1,493.26; and to James P. Bacon, $1,000, these sums having been collected by the Post Office Inspection Department in the amounts named from these employees' personal funds to make up a shortage of funds embezzled by Charles E. Mussey, a clerk in the Detroit post office, and who committed suicide on August 17, 1926. Approved, December 14, 1932. [CHAPTER 29.] AN ACT For the relief of Messieurs Short, Ross, Shaw, and Mayhood. 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 appro 1715 January 31, 1933. [S. 212.] [Private, No. 179.] Messieurs Short, Ross, etc. Payment to, for services. of. February 1, 1933. [S. 213.] [Private, No. 180.] Adjustment of claim 31, 1933 February 1, 1933 priated, the sum of $60 to Messieurs Short, Ross, Shaw, and Mayhood, of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, for services performed in connection with the extradition of one Emmett A. Busby, who had been indicted in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California on a charge of concealment of assets of a bankrupt estate. Approved, January 31, 1933. [CHAPTER 30.] AN ACT Authorizing adjustment of the claim of Kenneth Carpenter. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Kenneth Carpenter. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comptroller General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to adjust and settle the claim of Kenneth Carpenter for blood furnished August 29, 1930, for transfusion to Clarence C. Watson, a patient in a Government hospital, and to allow in full and final settlement of said claim an amount not in excess of $30. There is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $30, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the payment of such claim. Approved, February 1, 1933. Appropriation. February 1, 1933. [S. 219.] [Private, No. 181.] Kenneth Blaine, and of. Adjustment of claims [CHAPTER 31.] AN ACT Authorizing adjustment of the claims of Orem Wheatley, Kenneth Blaine, and Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Orem Wheatley, United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comptroller General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to adjust and settle the claims of Orem Wheatley for blood furnished April 15, 1931, and Kenneth Blaine for blood furnished April 22, 1931, for transfusions to Edwin Grinnell, a patient in a Government hospital, in amounts not in excess of $30 and $20, respectively; and, also, the claim of Joseph R. Ball for blood furnished June 30, 1931, for transfusion to Harry Blair, also a patient in a Government hospital, in an amount not in excess of $42, and to allow in full and final settlement of said claims amounts not in excess of the amounts herein stated. There is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $92, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the payment of said claims. Approved, February 1, 1933. Appropriation. February 1, 1933. [S. 563.] [Private, No. 182.] and Sons. of. [CHAPTER 32.] AN ACT For the relief of George T. Johnson and Sons. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the George T. Johnson United States of America in Congress assembled, That the SecreSettlement of claim tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to George T. Johnson and Sons, of Cambridge, Maryland, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $180 in full settlement of claim for repairs ordered by the collector of customs at Baltimore, Maryland, to wharf and boats of H. F. Brannock (Incorporated) due to damages done by seized power boats Hiawatha and Whippoorwill in charge of United States customs officers. Approved, February 1, 1933. |