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Volume 50 · 1039

Private Law 75–519

For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. David Stoppel.

Approved July 22, 1937

Statutory text

AN ACT

For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. David Stoppel.

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

That the Secretary

Mr. and Mrs. David Stoppel.

Payment to.

of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mr. and Mrs. David Stoppel, of Butte County, South Dakota, the sum of $5,000 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the death of their minor son, David Stoppel, Junior, who was killed on September 11, 1936, when run over and crushed by a tractor owned by the Emergency Conservation Works 11 So in original. and assigned to the Civilian Conservation Corps camp near Fruitdale, South Dakota, which camp is operated by the Bureau of Reclamation of the Department of the Interior: 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 person

Penalty for violation.

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 22, 1937.

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