Volume 50 · 988
Private Law 75–329
For the relief of Jordan Roberts.
Approved June 11, 1937
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of Jordan Roberts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary
Jordan Roberts.
Payment to.
of the Treasury is 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 Jordan Roberts, of Murfreesboro, Arkansas, the sum of $300 in full satisfaction of his claim for damages arising out of personal injuries sustained by him when the truck upon which he was riding was struck by a Civilian Conservation Corps truck, driven by an enrollee of the Civilian Conservation Corps, on Highway Numbered 26, near Murfreesboro,
Proviso.
Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.
Arkansas, on December 14, 1933: 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.
Penalty for violation.
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, June 11, 1937.