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Volume 50

Private Law 75–417

For the relief of Albert Retellatto, a minor.

Approved June 29, 1937

Statutory text

AN ACT

For the relief of Albert Retellatto, a minor.

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 the legal guardian of Albert Retellatto, a minor, the sum of $3,000, in full and final settlement of any and all claims for damages resulting from injuries received by said Albert Retellatto, when he was struck by a United States mail truck numbered 3392 on Bay Twentieth Street, near Benson Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, on November 4, 1929: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this

Proviso.

Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.

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

Penalty for violation.

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 29, 1937.

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