Private Law 75–422

That the Secretary of the Treasury 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 Harold Scott, Bay City, Michigan, the sum of $2,000, and to Ellis Marks, Bay City, Michigan, the sum of $3,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries and resulting damages sustained by them when the truck in which they were riding was struck from the rear by an Emergency Conservation Work truck being driven at an excessive rate of speed by an enrollee of the Civilian Conservation Corps, on October 30, 1935, near Frederic, Crawford County, Michigan: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated

Proviso.

Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.

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 these claims, 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.