Volume 50 · 1052
Private Law 75–635
For the relief of Margaret Larson, a minor.
Approved August 14, 1937
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of Margaret Larson, a minor.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary
Margaret Larson.
Payment to guardian of.
of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the legal guardian of Margaret Larson, a minor, of Ephrata, Washington, the sum of $2,500 in full settlement of all claims of said guardian and minor against the Government of the United States for injuries received by Margaret Larson on August 30, 1935, when she was struck by a truck belonging to the United States Department of Commerce on the highway between Soap Lake and Ephrata, Washington: Provided,
Proviso.
Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.
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, August 14, 1937.