Private Law 75–37

That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit in the accounts of the following disbursing officers of the Army of the United States the amounts set opposite their names: Captain Bigelow B. Barbee, Finance Department, $30; Major Stephen R. Beard, Finance Department, $30; Captain George W. Brent, Coast Artillery, $25; Major Richard L. Cave, Finance Department, $64; Major Walter D. Dabney, Finance Department, $92.30; Major Edmund W. McLarren, Finance Department, $30; Captain Leighton N. Smith, Finance Department, $45; Major Arthur O. Walsh, Finance Department, $25; and Captain Hugh Whitt, Finance Department, $25, said amounts being public funds for which they are accountable and which comprise minor errors in computation of pay and allowances due former members of the Civilian Conservation Corps, who are no longer enrolled in that corps, and which amounts have been disallowed by the Comptroller General of the United States: Provided, That no part of the amounts

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so credited shall be later charged against any individual other than the various payees.

Sec. 2.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,

Captain William H. Buechner.

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authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Captain William II. Buechner, Tenth Infantry, the sum of $49, representing refundments of overpayments made allottees of Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees, the collection of which amount cannot be effected from the persons to whom such erroneous payments have been made: Provided, That no part of this

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amount shall be charged to any person other than the payees.

Sec. 3.

That the Comptroller General of the United States be,

Major John B. Harper.

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and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit in the accounts of Major John B. Harper, Finance Department, the sum of $1,509.59, public funds for which he is accountable and which represent items disallowed by the Comptroller General of the United States.

Sec. 4.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,

Captain Albert J. Leavitt.

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authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Captain Albert J. Leavitt, Engineer Reserve, the sum of $67.48, or so much of said sum as shall have been collected from him prior to the approval of this Act, representing refundment of Government funds which were stolen from his Civilian Conservation Corps company safe on April 18–19, 1936: Provided, That no part of this amount shall be charged to any person

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other than the person committing said theft.

Sec. 5.

That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and

Captain Richard Lee.

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he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit in the accounts of Captain Richard Lee, Corps of Engineers, the sum of $583.69, public funds for which he is accountable and which were paid by him to the Memphis Packet Company for freight shipments by water, and which amount has been disallowed by the Comptroller General of the United States.

Sec. 6.

That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and

Major Charles Lewis.

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he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit in the accounts of Major Charles Lewis, Finance Department, the sum of $295.38, public funds for which he is accountable and which were paid by him on fraudulent vouchers prepared by an employee of the finance office at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana.

Sec. 7.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,

Captain Elbert W. Martin.

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authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Captain Elbert W. Martin, Field Artillery Reserve, the sum of $45.68, public funds for which he is accountable and which were destroyed by fire on the night of November 15–16, 1935, and which sum he has refunded to the United States.

Sec. 8.

That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and

Major Frank E. Parker.

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he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit in the accounts of Major Frank E. Parker, Finance Department, the sum of $4,449.80, public money for which he is accountable and which has been disallowed in his accounts by the Comptroller General of the United States on account of payments made to emergency nurses on duty with the Civilian Conservation Corps during the period November 1933 to August 31, 1935, in compliance with the Executive order of the President dated May 8, 1933.

Sec. 9.

That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and

Captain Alexander H. Perwein.

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he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit in the accounts of First Lieutenant (now Captain) Alexander H. Perwein, Finance Department, the sum of $2,038, public money for which he is accountable and which was paid in error to Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees on properly certified vouchers for the month of September 1933, and which amount has been disallowed in his accounts by the Comptroller General: Provided, That no part of the amount so

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credited shall be charged to any person other than the various payees: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is

Captain C. McL. Lott, payment to.

hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Captain C. McL. Lott, United States Marine Corps, so much of said sum as shall have been collected from him prior to the approval of this Act.

Sec. 10.

No part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess

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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 these claims, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions

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of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.