Private Law 74–375

That the Secretary

Bernard V. Wolfe and the Dixon Implement Company.

Payment to.

of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Bernard V. Wolfe the sum of $2,500 for permanent personal injuries, and to the Dixon Implement Company the sum of $119.33 for damage to its tractor, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for such injuries and damage sustained when said tractor, driven by Bernard V. Wolfe, was struck by an airplane owned by the United States, and operated by an employee of the Department of Commerce, at the Dixon (Illinois) Airport, on September 17, 1930: Provided, That

Proviso.

Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.

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

Penalty for violation.

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.