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Volume 50

Private Law 75–795

For the relief of Mada Landtiser.

Approved August 25, 1937

Statutory text

AN ACT

For the relief of Mada Landtiser.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the Secretary

Mada Landtiser.

Payment to.

of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mada Landtiser, of Malcom, Poweshiek County, Iowa, the sum of $2,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by her when the vehicle in which she was a passenger was struck by an Emergency Conservation Work truck of the Department of Agriculture, on September 15, 1934, near Traer, Iowa: 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 contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act

Penalty for violation.

shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.

Approved, August 25, 1937.

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