Volume 50 · 987
Private Law 75–326
For the relief of John Zarnick.
Approved June 11, 1937
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of John Zarnick.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary
John Zarnick.
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 John Zarnick, of Detroit, Michigan, the sum of $2.500 in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States on account of the loss of his right arm, resulting from having his said right forearm tom from the elbow on October 7, 1929, while operating an extractor in the laundry and in line of duty while serving as an inmate of the United States Penitentiary Annex at Fort Leaven worth, Kansas: Provided, That no part of the amount
Proviso.
Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.
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 sendees rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the
Penalty for violation.
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, June 11, 1937.