Volume 50 · 933
Private Law 75–67
To authorize the settlement of individual claims for personal property lost or damaged, arising out of the activities of the Civilian Conservation Corps, which have been approved by the Secretary of War.
Approved April 3, 1937
Statutory text
AN ACT
To authorize the settlement of individual claims for personal property lost or damaged, arising out of the activities of the Civilian Conservation Corps, which have been approved by the Secretary of War.
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 Associated Indemnity Corporation, Portland, Oregon, $131.83; to Walter A. Dunlop, Roslindale, Massachusetts, $11.25; to Eggert Coal Company, Morristown, New Jersey, $12.50; to L. L. Farrell, Escanaba, Michigan, $10.66; to Francis H. Finn, Waterbury, Vermont, $16.25; to Norman W. Foster, Florida, Massachusetts, $30; to Wade Hawk, Greenville, Tennessee, $10.70; to Norman C. Horne, Mount Union, Pennsylvania, $26; to William Long, Channahon, Illinois, $33.50; to Oregon State Highway Commission, Salem, Oregon, $102.25; to Redding Creamery, Redding, California, $35.10; to San Joaquin Light and Power Corporation, Fresno, California, $37.11; to Henry Simonsen, Farmington, Minnesota, $40.25; to S. W. Slemons, Bullsgap, Tennessee, $18.40; to Paul Traglio, Salem, Oregon, $100; to Bert Tucker, Stamping Ground, Kentucky, $148; and to the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company, Richmond, Virginia, $18.86, in full settlement for damages sustained by reason of the operation of the Civilian Conservation Corps, which claims have been approved by the Secretary of War: Provided, That no part of
Proviso.
Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.
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 violating
Penalty for violation.
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.