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Volume 50

Private Law 75–206

For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Brown.

Approved May 15, 1937

Statutory text

AN ACT

For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Brown.

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

That the Secretary

Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Brown.

Payment to.

of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Brown, of Avery, Idaho, the sum of $147.21 in full satisfaction of their claim against the United States for damages to their household effects caused by debris thrown upon their home as result of blasting operations on April 4, 1936, by the Forest Service, in connection with an Emergency Conservation Work road-construction

Proviso.

Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.

project in the Saint Joe National Forest: 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

Penalty for violation.

notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty or a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.

Approved, May 15, 1937.

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