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75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION--CHS. 343, 344-JUNE 14, 1937 [CHAPTER 343] June 14, 1937 [H. R . 4457] [Private, No. 153] Naomi Lee Young. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. AN ACT For the relief of Naomi Lee Young. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Naomi Lee Young, a feme sole, of Houston, Texas, the sum of $2,000 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal and permanent injury received by her on Janu- ary 20, 1936, at Houston, Texas, by reason of a fall at night into an unlighted and unguarded ditch which was dug and left unguarded by the Works Progress Administration authorities: 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 and void, any contract or claim to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a mis- demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 14, 1937. [CHAPTER 344] June 14, 1937 [H. R. 45081 [Private, No. 154] Margaret Grace and Alice Shriner. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. AN ACT For the relief of Margaret Grace and Alice Shriner. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to pay to Margaret Grace and to Alice Shriner, both of Gardena, California, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sums of $3,500 and $500, respectively. Such sums shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of inju- ries sustained by them on or about the 10th day of October 1932 while aboard a boat provided by the Navy Department of the United States plying between Fifth Street Landing at San Pedro, California, and the United States ship Relief, lying in the harbor of San Pedro, at San Pedro, California: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- priated 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 attor- neys, 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 appropri- ated in this Act 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 the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 14, 1937. 992