Volume 53
Private Law 76–490
For the relif of Corabell Wuensch, Jackie Lee Wuensch, and Mary Rainbolt.
Approved August 5, 1939
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relif of Corabell Wuensch, Jackie Lee Wuensch, and Mary Rainbolt.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary
Corabell Wuensch and others.
Payments to.
of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Corabell Wuensch and the legal guardian of her son, Jackie Lee Wuensch, berth of rural route numbered 2, Bargersville, Indiana, the sums of $200 and $453,10, respectively; to Mary Rainbolt, of rural route numbered 2, Bargersville, Indiana, the sum of $1,886.35; in all, $2,539.45 in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for personal injuries sustained by them as a result of negligence on the part of an employee of the United States in the operation of a Civilian Conservation Corps truck when it struck the vehicle in which they were passengers, eight miles southwest of Bloomington, Indiana, on State Road Numbered 45, on October 13, 1936: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this
Proviso.
Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.
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
Penalty for violation.
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, August 5, 1939.