Private Law 73–66

That the Comptroller

B. and O, Manufacturing Company.

Payment to.

General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to settle and adjust the claim of the B. and O. Manufacturing Company under contract numbered 12429, dated May 28, 1929, for extra expense in recruiting material for trousers delivered to said company by the Navy Department, and to allow not to exceed $1,597.52 in full and final settlement of said claim. There is

Appropriation.

hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,597.52, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay said claim: Provided, That no part of the

Proviso.

Limitation on attorney’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, attor- ney 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

Penalty for violation.

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.