Volume 50 · 1026
Private Law 75–476
For the relief of Dominga Pardo.
Approved July 9, 1937
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of Dominga Pardo.
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, the sum of $1,500 to Dominga Pardo, of New York City, in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States for injuries sustained as a result of being struck by a United States mail truck of the Post Office Department, New York, New York, on October
Proviso.
Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.
1, 1935: Provided, That 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 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.
Approved, July 9, 1937.