Private Law 75–477

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 $5,000 to Allie Rankin, of route numbered 2, Wheelersburg, Ohio, in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States for personal injuries and disease contracted by her when she fell through the floor of a sanitary unit, on January 3, 1936, which unit had been negligently constructed in Scioto County, Ohio, by

Proviso.

Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.

employees of the Works Progress Administration: 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 agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said

Penalty for violation.

claim, 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.