Volume 50 · 1005
Private Law 75–389
For the relief of Montrose Grimstead.
Approved June 28, 1937
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of Montrose Grimstead.
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, to Montrose Grimstead the sum of $2,500 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for injuries sustained when he was struck by a Marine Corps ambulance near Owings Mills, Baltimore County, Maryland, in April 1919: 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 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
Penalty for violation.
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 28, 1937.