Volume 50 · 979
Private Law 75–298
For the relief of Marion McGlothlin, the Baylor Hospital, Doctor F. M. Gilbert, and Doctor T. C. Gilbert.
Approved June 3, 1937
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of Marion McGlothlin, the Baylor Hospital, Doctor F. M. Gilbert, and Doctor T. C. Gilbert.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary
Marion McGlothlin.
Payment to.
of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Marion McGlothlin, of Dallas County, Texas, the sum of $7,500, in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States for the death of her husband, F. Marion McGlothlin, and for personal and permanent injuries suffered by herself, when they were shot without cause by Federal prohibition agents at their store, near Irving, Dallas County, Texas, on the night of April 8, 1932.
Sec. 2.
That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized
Baylor Hospital of Dallas, Tex., and others.
Payment to.
and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Baylor Hospital, of Dallas, Texas, the sum of $27.50; to Doctor F. M. Gilbert, of Irving, Texas, the sum of $11; and to Doctor T. C. Gilbert, of Dallas, Texas, the sum of $150; in all, $188.50, in full satisfaction of their claims against the United States for medical, surgical, and hospital care and treatment rendered Marion McGlothlin, who suffered personal injuries when she was shot without cause by Federal prohibition agents, near Irving, Dallas County, Texas, on April 8, 1932.
Sec. 3.
No part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess
Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.
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 these claims, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions
Penalty for violation.
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, June 3, 1937.