Private Law 75–294

That the Secretary

Horace Hutcheson.

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 $1,000 to the legal guardian of Horace Hutcheson, a minor, of .Jasper, Alabama, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for injuries received by said minor on the 3d day of July 1936 as the result of an explosion of a dynamite cap, or detonator, the property of the United States, which was negligently left in an unprotected manner by the employees of the Works Progress Administration, an agency of the United States: Provided, That no part of

Proviso.

Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.

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

Penalty for violation.

said claim, 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.