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Volume 50 · 1028

Private Law 75–489

For the relief of Adele Fowlkes.

Approved July 10, 1937

Statutory text

AN ACT

For the relief of Adele Fowlkes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the Secretary to the Terasury 11 So in original. be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Adele Fowlkes, the sum of $2,984.75, in full settlement of her claim against the United States for personal injuries incurred July 1, 1933, when a bridge gave way over Chasm Falls at Estes

Proviso.

Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.

Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado: 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

Penalty for violation.

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 10, 1937.

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