Private Law 75–168

That the Secretary

Harold Wright.

Payment to guardian of.

of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $3,500 to the legal guardian of Harold Wright, a minor, of Walker County, Alabama, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for injuries received by said minor on the 11th day of February 1934 as the. result of an explosion of a dynamite cap, or detonator, the property of the United States, which was negligently stored by employees of the Civil Works Administration, at Hull,

Proviso.

Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.

Walker County, Alabama: 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 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.