Volume 50 · 1017
Private Law 75–451
For the relief of E. P. Lewis.
Approved July 8, 1937
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of E. P. Lewis.
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 E. P. Lewis, Anniston, Alabama, the sum of $2,500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for personal injuries sustained by the said E. P. Lewis and for property damage to his automobile, which was struck, November 16, 1935, while the said E. P. Lewis was operating the said automobile, by a truck in the service of the Civilian Conservation Corps: 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 violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed
Penalty for violation.
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.
Approved, July 8, 1937.