Private Law 81–318

That the Secretary

Mrs. Thelma Lee Rynaard (formerly Thelma Leo Orwig).

of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mrs. Thelma Lee Rynaard (formerly Thelma Lee Orwig), of Martinez, California, the sum of $5,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. Thelma Lee Rynaard against the United States for personal injuries, medical and hospital expenses, and loss of earnings incurred by her as the result of having fallen, on July 4, 1942, from a bridge on the Larch Mountain Trail, Multnomah County, Oregon, under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture, such fall having been caused by the collapse of a guard rail of such bridge: Provided, 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 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.