Volume 50
Private Law 75–415
For the relief of Reverend Harry J. Hill.
Approved June 29, 1937
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of Reverend Harry J. Hill.
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, to Reverend Harry J. Hill, of Burbank, California, the sum of $250 in full settlement against the Government for damages sustained in a collision between his automobile and a Governmentowned truck driven by a Civilian Conservation Corps employee on June 8, 1934, in Yosemite National Park, California: Provided, That
Proviso.
Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.
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. Any person violating the provisions of this Act
Penalty for violation.
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.
Approved, June 29, 1937.