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Volume 53

Private Law 76–594

For the relief of Mina Keil.

Approved August 7, 1939

Statutory text

AN ACT

For the relief of Mina Keil.

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

That the Secretary

Mina Keil.

Payment 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 Mina Keil, of Muncie, Indiana, the sum of $500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained by the said Mina Keil when the automobile in which she was a passenger was struck, on October 13, 1936, near Stanford, Indiana, by a truck owned by the Civilian Conservation Corps and operated by an employee of the Corps: 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 7, 1939.

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