Private Law 73–453

That the Secretary

Lueco R. Gooch.

Reimbursement for medical expenditures.

of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Lueco R. Gooch, of Henderson, North Carolina, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $516.28, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States on account of expenditures made by him in the medical treatment of his son, Lueco R. Gooch, Junior, private, Company C, One Hundred and Twentieth Infantry, North Carolina National Guard, who was injured in the line of duty on July 16, 1929, at Camp Glenn, North Carolina, during the field-training period July 7 to July 21, 1929: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in

Proviso.

Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.

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

Penalty for violation.

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