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 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CRS.281-283. MAY 4,1936. 2261 full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for damages for personal inj uries suffered on November 29, 1934, on the Coos Bay Highway near Camas Valley, Oregon, when the said James R. Russell was struck by a motor truck owned by the United States and driven by an employee of the Civilian Conservation Corps, Camp Bradford Numbered 979, Oregon: P1'ovided, That no part of the ~o.~.. . d'I·\- . f10 h f LmutatlOn on attor- amount approprIate In t lIS Act In excess 0 per centum t ereo ney's, etc., fees. 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 appropriat('d in this Aet 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 Penalty fOf violation. 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. Approved, ~lay 4, 1!)36. [CHAPTER 2'<!.] AX ACT For Le rl'lief of Patrie!, .T. Lea!lY. Be it enad('d by tlu; Slflff' amI Ilou.Rf', of RCpl'Ni(ntativl?!~ of the llnited Staff'8 of Am('1,ica iii Congrf'88 (Ulil('1nbh;d, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in th~ Treasury not otherwise approrriat~d, the sum of $1,058.50 to PatrIck J. Leahy, of Stockton, Cahforma, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for damage and injury sustained on October 15, 19331 when the car which he was driving was struck by a protruding pIece of lumber on a truck owned bv the United States Forest Service and operated by an employee of the Civilian Conservation Corps: Pro- 1Ylded, That no part 0'£ the amount appropriated in this Act in ex- ress 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 rcndered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attornl'Ys, to cxact, collect, with- hold, or receive any ~um of the amount appropriatt'd in this Act in excess of 10 per c(~ntum thereof on ac('ount of scrvices rendered in cOI1lwction WIth said claim, any contract to the contrary notwith- standing. Any person violating the provisions of this .tfct shall be deemed ~"uilty of a misd('llleanOr and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, l\1uy 4, H)36. [CHAPTER 2R3.1 AN ACT Conferring jurisfliction upon the United States District Court for the WestC'rn District of Michigan to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Barbara Backstrom. May 4,1936. IH. R.4362 .) [Private, No. 483 .] Patrick 1. Leaby. }'ayment to. PrOlJilO. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., Cees. Penalty Cor violation. May 4, 1936. (II. R . 4387.1 (Prh·ute. No. 4S4.) Be it enacted by the Senate mul Hou.'ll? of Rcpre8f'ntativ('s of the United States of America in Oongl'('s/~ alJ8ernbled, That jurisdiction 1Daroo i rirsl t~ackstrom . hb fd hU.dS D·· C f h ur sCIOn con· IS ere y con erre upon t e mte tates Istrlct ourt or t e ferred on ~istrictcourl Western District of Michigan to hear, determine, and render judg- to bear claIm oC. ment, as if the United States were suable in tort, upon the claim of Barbara Backstrom, of ~Iuskegon, Michigan, for damages result- ing from injuries sustained in falling from an ullbruarded spot on