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Volume 50

Private Law 75–514

For the relief of Noah Spooner.

Approved July 21, 1937

Statutory text

AN ACT

For the relief of Noah Spooner.

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

That the Secretary

Noah Spooner.

Payment to.

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 Noah Spooner, of Quincy, Florida, the sum of $250 in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for damages on account of personal injuries suffered by him when the car in which he was riding was struck by a Forest Service truck operated in connection with the Civilian Conservation Corps near Wilma, Florida, on May 27, 1935: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this

Proviso.

Limitation on attorney’s etc., fees.

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

Penalty for violation.

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 21, 1937.

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