Volume 50
Private Law 75–614
For the relief of Harry Burnett.
Approved August 12, 1937
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of Harry Burnett.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary
Harry Burnett.
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 Harry Burnett, of Eunice, New Mexico, the sum of $300 in full settlement of any and all claims against the Government on account of personal injuries sustained by him in a collision with an automobile owned by the United States Government and driven by Howard H. Major, agent and employee of the Government, in the service of the Division of Grazing, on Highway Numbered 285 at a point about nine miles north of Encino, New Mexico, on December 1, 1936: 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
Penalty for violation.
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, August 12, 1937.