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 1390 Commencement of suit. Proceedings. 28U.S. .§ 250. October 14, 1940 [H. R. 10354] [Private, No. 632] Guy F. Allen. Adjustment in ac- counts of. Frank White and others. Adjustment in ac- counts of. Proviso. Use of recoveries to offset items of similar character. Treasurer of United States. Sum appropriated to cover losses In office of. Adjustment of ac- counts relating to the public debt. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 873, 874-OCT. 14, 1940 [54 STAT. SEO. 3. Suit upon such claim may be instituted at any time within six months after the date of enactment of this Act, notwithstanding the lapse of time, laches, or any statute of limitations. Proceedings for the determination of such claim and appeals from, and payment of, any judgment thereon shall be in the same manner as in the case of claims over which such court has jurisdiction under section 145 of the Judicial Code, as amended. Approved, October 14, 1940. [CHAPTER 874] AN ACT For the relief of Guy F. Allen, chief disbursing officer, Treasury Department, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comptrol- ler General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to allow in the accounts of Guy F. Allen, chief disbursing officer, Treasury Department, sums aggregating not to exceed $7,193.35, disallowed in his accounts, without raising charges against the officers who certified the vouchers for payment, covering payments made by him in the period from April 1, 1935, to September 30, 1936. SEC. 2. The Comptroller General of the United States is authorized and directed to allow in the accounts of Frank White, deceased, H. T. Tate, W. O. Woods, and W. A. Julian, sums of not to exceed $34,867.48, $4,146.72, $44,316.76, and $77,727.83, respectively, repre- senting unavailable items in their accounts as former Treasurers and Treasurer of the United States: Provided, That any recoveries heretofore or hereafter made in respect of any of the foregoing items may, in the discretion of the Comptroller General of the United States, be applied to offset unavailable items of a similar character hereafter arising in the accounts of the former Treasurers and Treasurer to whose account the recovery pertains, upon a showing that such unavailable items have occurred without fault or negligence on the part of said former Treasurers and Treasurer. SEC. 3. The sum of $1,345.30 is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to cover losses in the Office of the Treasurer of the United States due to cashing of checks of a remarried widow, and issuance of checks for excessive amounts to veterans in redemption of bonds by postmasters. SEC. 4. For the purpose of adjusting the accounts relating to the public debt of the United States, there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $2,437.46 which shall be deposited by the Secretary of the Treasury in the accounts of the Treasurer of the United States as public debt receipts: 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 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, October 14, 1940.

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