Private Law 75–787

That the Secretary of the Treasury is 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 Mrs. Cliff Snider, of Smithville, Georgia, the sum of $10,000, and to W. M. Jordan, of Smithville, Georgia, the sum of $3,225, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by them, and the death of Cliff Snider, husband of Mrs. Cliff Snider, sustained when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a Government truck operated in connection with the Civilian Conservation Corps, on the Americus-Andersonville Highway, about eight miles north of Americus, Georgia, on October 25, 1936: 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 or a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.