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Volume 50

Private Law 75–66

For the relief of Mary Daley.

Approved April 3, 1937

Statutory text

AN ACT

For the relief of Mary Daley.

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 allocated by the President for the maintenance and operation of the Civilian Conservation Corps, to Mary Daley, of Syracuse, New York, the sum of $225 in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by her as a result of a collision of a Civilian Conservation Corps motor vehicle with her automobile on Highbridge Road near Lyndon, New York, August 19, 1935: Provided, That no

Proviso.

Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.

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 agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, 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, April 3, 1937.

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