Private Law 74–587

That the Secretary

Robert A. Dunham.

Payment to.

of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to A. B. Dunham, of Washington, District of Columbia, father and next friend of the minor child Robert A. Dunham, the sum of $1,000, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for damages resulting from personal injuries received by the said minor child when struck, at the intersection of Seventh Street and North Carolina Avenue, Southeast, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, by a United States Treasury fuel truck driven by one Isaac W. Travers, an employee of the United States: 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,

Penalty for violation.

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.