Volume 50
Private Law 75–459
For the relief of John Brennan.
Approved July 8, 1937
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of John Brennan.
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 John Brennan, of Foster, Oregon, the sum of $500 in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for damages for personal injuries suffered on January 12, 1936, on the Quartzville-Foster Road in Linn County, Oregon, when run down by a motortruck owned by the United States Forest Service bearing license numbered DA–8089 and driven by Edwin D. Bacon, of Company 2907-CCC, Cascadia, Oregon: 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 this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any
Penalty for violation.
person 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.
Approved, July 8, 1937.