Private Law 74–119

That the Secretary

Elton Firth.

Payment to.

of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Elton Firth, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,000 in full payment of personal injuries sustained as a result of the explosion of a bomb dropped by a United States naval airplane near Plum Tree Point, York County, Virginia, on November 11, 1931, and that Elton Firth shall be admitted to such naval hospital as may be directed by the Chief

Admittance to naval hospital.

Proviso.

Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.

of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery of the Navy Department for necessary care and treatment: 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

Penalty for violation.

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.