2198 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I . CBS. 796, 797. AUGUST 28, 1935. [CHAPTER 796.] AN ACT A!JgUl't 28. 193~. (B. R_~3149.1 __ To confer jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Southern (Private. No. 344 .1 District of Texas, Corpus Christi Diyision, to determine the claim of Mrs. L. B . Gentry. Be it enacted by the Senate and Hou,cJe of Repre8entatives of tht' Mrs. L . B. Gcnt!y. United State8 of America in Congres8 assembled, That jurisdiction Claim of, submitted • f dIU'dS D't'CtfthSth to District Court. ISconerre upontIe mte tates ISrict our or e ou ern District of Texas, Corpns Christi Division, to hear and determine, and to render judgment, as if the "United States were ~;uable in tort, on the claim of 1\Irs. L . n. Gentry, Corpus Christi, Texas, to recover damages for the death of her husband, L. n. Gentry, resulting from injuries sustained when the automobile which the said L. B . Gentry was driving was struck by a united States Army truck near Alice. PrOfi4(). Judgment. Appropriation. A!JgUSt 28, 1935. (B. R . 4567.1 (Private, No. 345.1 Texas, on or about September 3, 1931, if such suit is brought within one year after the enactment of this Act: Provided, That the judg- ment, if any, shall not exceed the sum of $5,000. SEC. 2 . There is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum ~ufficiellt to pay the judgment rendered against the United States, if any, as a restllt of suit hereunder. Approved, August 28, 1935. [CHAPTER 797.] AN ACT For the relief of Robert E. Callen. Be it enacted by the Senate and H0'U8e of Representatives of the Robert E. Callen. United State8 of America in Oongress assembled, That the Secretar.v Payment to. f bd o the Treasury e, an he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Robert E. Callen, of Greenville, Pennsylvania, the sum of $1.000 . Said sum shall be in full settlement of all claims ag-ainst the Unitetl States on account of damages sustained by the said Robert E. Cal- len, of Greenville, Pennsylvania, when he was injured by a Fnitetl States mail truck in Greenville, Pennsylvania, on January 20, 1933: PrL·Ot!t~Ot·· tt Provided, That no part of the amount al)I)ropriated in this Act in ImlaIOnona or· • • ney's, etc., Ires. excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paId or dellverell to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorney~, on aeeonnt of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, coIled, with- hold, or receive any SUIn of the amount appropriated in this Art in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of sel viet's n'nth'1'l'(1 in connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwith- Penalty foniolation. standing. Any person violating the provisions of this Act ~hall hp deemed guilty of a misdemeanor amI upon conviction thereof :,;hull be fined in any sum not exceeding $1:000. Approved, August 28, 1935.
