Volume 50
Private Law 75–413
For the relief of Leah Levine.
Approved June 29, 1937
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of Leah Levine.
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 allocated by the President for the maintenance and operation of the Civilian Conservation Corps, the sum of $500 to Leah Levine, widow of the late Rabbi Isaac Levine, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by the said Rabbi Levine, deceased, together with medical and hospital expenses incident thereto, as a result of being struck by a truck being recklessly driven by an employee of the United States Government, said injury occurring in Knoxville, Tennessee, on December 18, 1933. This appropriation is made in lieu of Private Act Numbered 192, Seventy-fourth
Congress, approved August 7, 1935, for the relief of Rabbi Isaac Levine, who died while said legislation was pending in the Congress: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in
Proviso.
Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.
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 services rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be
Penalty for violation.
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.
Approved, June 29, 1937.