Private Law 76–278

That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Naomi Straley, of Omaha, Nebraska, the sum of $500, in full satisfaction of her claims against the United States for damages for personal injuries sustained by her, and to Bonnie Straley, of Omaha, Nebraska, the sum of $4,500 in full satisfaction of all her claims against the United States for damages for personal injuries received by her and for the death of her mother, said injuries and death having resulted from a collision on the night of December 11, 1935, near Tacoma, Washington, on the Tacoma-Vancouver Highway, between the automobile Bonnie Straley was driving and a truck in the use of the Works Progress Administration standing crosswise on said highway and left improperly lighted and guarded: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated

Proviso.

Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.

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

Penalty for violation.

person 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.