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Volume 52

Private Law 75–719

For the relief of Clarence Daniel, a minor.

Approved June 25, 1938

Statutory text

AN ACT

For the relief of Clarence Daniel, a minor.

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

That the Secretary

Clarence Daniel.

Payment to guardian of.

of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to tire legal guardian of Clarence Daniel, a minor, of Idabel, Oklahoma, the sum of $3,500, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for personal injuries received by the said Clarence Daniel when he was struck on May 5, 1937, by a Works Progress Administration truck on United States Highway Numbered 70, near Idabel, McCurtain County, Oklahoma: Provided, That no part of the amount

Proviso.

Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.

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 the provisions of this

Penalty for violation.

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

Approved, June 25, 1938.

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