Private Law 74–75

That the Secretary

National Training School for Boys, etc.

Payment to superintendent of.

of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any funds not otherwise appropriated, to Claude D. Jones, superintendent of the National Training School for Boys, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States, the sum of $414, to be used in the payment of expenses incident to the illness of John Henry Tackett, former inmate of the National Training School for Boys, which resulted in amputation of the leg on March 22, 1932, such sum to be expended as follows: For hospitalization, Sibley Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, $129; for medical and surgical treatment, Doctor Custis Lee Hall, $135; for the purchase of an artificial limb, $150: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated

Proviso.

Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.

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 violating the provisions of

Penalty for violation.

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