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1714 July 19. IG32. [S.2437.) [Private. No. 176.j 72d CONGRESS. SESS. I . CR. 517. JULY 19,1932. [CHAPTER 517.] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Annie Lee Edgecumbe, deceased. Be it enacted by the Senate 0Jnd H0U8e 01 Representative8 01 the cu·TarmstroBot (talk) Lee Edge- United States 01 America in Oongress alJsembled, That the Secretary t Pra~~tlt!estateof. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay or a lIIJunes to. to the estate of Annie Lee Edgecumbe, deceased, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwi3e appropriated, the sum of $5,000 as full compensation for the death of Annie Lee Edgecumbe, on October 17, 1930, on account of having been struck by a United States Navy

~iion on at- plane in Pensacola Bay, Florida
Provided, That no part of the

torney's , etc.• ~fees. amount appropriated in this Act in excess 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 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 appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum enal I . Iati thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, P ty OI'VlO on. 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. Approved, July 19, 1932.