Volume 50 · 1054
Private Law 75–640
For the relief of J. Roy Workman, Adelaide W. Workman, and J. Roy Workman, Junior, a minor.
Approved August 14, 1937
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of J. Roy Workman, Adelaide W. Workman, and J. Roy Workman, Junior, a minor.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to J. Roy Workman, of Clinton, South Carolina, the sum of $1,000; to Adelaide W. Workman, of the same city, the sum of $1,000; and to the legal guardian of J. Roy Workman, Junior, of the same city, the sum of $1,500. Said sums to be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for expenses incurred and injuries received when the car in which they were riding was struck by a truck in the use of the Works Progress Administration on December 4,
Proviso.
Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.
1935, near Clinton, South Carolina: 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 contrary notwithstanding,
Penalty for violation.
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.