Volume 50 · 991
Private Law 75–340
For the relief of H. G. Carriere, Charles E. Livingston, and John Latham.
Approved June 14, 1937
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of H. G. Carriere, Charles E. Livingston, and John Latham.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $75 to H. G. Carriere, the sum of $40 to Charles E. Livingston, and the sum of $125 to John Latham, all of Camp Crook, South Dakota, in full satisfaction of their claims against the United States for damages arising out of the loss by each of them of a horse which horses were killed in 1934, while being worked, under contract with the owners, by employees of the Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, in connection with emergency conservation work: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in
Proviso.
Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.
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
Penalty for violation.
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 14, 1937.