Compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler. Washington : Government Printing Office, 1941.
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Chap. 314 | John W. Dady. Credit allowed in accounts. |
Chap. 314 | Proviso. Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees. |
Chap. 314 | Penalty for violation. |
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to allow credit in the accounts of John W. Dady, superintendent and special disbursing agent of the Mission Indian Agency, Riverside, California, for payments aggregating $582.50, made to Thomas Lucas, an Indian, as mileage for travel performed by automobile while employed as subforeman in emergency conservation work: 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 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 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 conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.
Approved, June 25, 1935.
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