Volume 50
Private Law 75–258
For the relief of Luvenia Flowers.
Approved May 25, 1937
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of Luvenia Flowers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary
Luvenia Flowers.
Payment to.
of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury allocated by the President for the maintenance and operation of the Civilian Conservation Corps, to Luvenia Flowers, of Coward, South Carolina, widow of Andrew Flowers, the sum of $5,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damages sustained by the widow of Andrew Flowers on account of the loss of the life of her husband, who was killed on October 12, 1934, near Coward, South Carolina, by a truck in the service of the Civilian Conservation Corps: 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.
Approved, May 25, 1937.