Private Law 75–119

That the Secretary

Kate Carter Lyons.

Payment to.

of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Kate Carter Lyons, of Travelers Rest, South Carolina, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,000 in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States for personal injuries received by her when she fell into an excavation on her property at the above address on June 4, 1934, said excavation having been made in January 1934 and left open by employees of the Civil Works Administration in preparation for the placement of a United States Coast and Geodetic Survey monument therein:

Proviso.

Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.

Penalty for violation.

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 attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, 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.