Private Law 73–396

That the Comptroller

Philip F. Hambsch,

Credit in accounts.

General of the United States is authorized and directed to credit the account of Philip F. Hambsch, formerly a special disbursing agent of the Bureau of Prohibition, with the sum of $572.36, such amount representing sums disbursed by him and disallowed by the Comptroller General in certificate of settlement of account numbered K-40891-TI, March 14, 1929: Provided,

Proviso.

Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.

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,

Penalty for violation.

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.

Sec. 2.

The surety on the bond of said Philip F. Hambsch, as such special disbursing agent, is hereby relieved of any liability on account of such disallowance.