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Volume 50 · 960

Private Law 75–200

For the relief of George W. Hanna and Bertha M. Hanna.

Approved May 15, 1937

Statutory text

AN ACT

For the relief of George W. Hanna and Bertha M. Hanna.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the Secretary

George W. and Bertha M. Hanna.

Payment to.

of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to George W. Hanna and Bertha M. Hanna, of Paxton Springs, New Mexico, the sum of $5,000 in full satisfaction of their claim against the United States on account of the death of their minor son, David Hanna, who was killed on October 1, 1935, when a truck which he was driving turned over in a ditch which had been dug across the Oso Ridge Forest Road in the Cibola National Forest in the State of New Mexico and left unmarked by employees of the Forest Service:

Proviso.

Limitation on attorey’s, etc., fees.

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

Penalty for violation.

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 stun not exceeding $1,000.

Approved, May 15, 1937.

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