Private Law 74–120

That the Secretary

Anna W. Ayer.

Payment to.

of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Anna W. Ayer, widow of Captain Asa G. Ayer, deceased, the sum of $500. Such sum represents the amount of a cash bond forfeited on June 3, 1920, by Captain Asa G. Ayer for failure to appear as a material witness in the case of United States against H. W. Coffin in the United States District Court for the District of Maine, sitting at Bangor, Maine, such failure to appear being caused by his necessary and unavoidable absence from the United States at such time: Provided,

Provisos.

Sum covered into Treasury.

Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.

That the amount of the forfeited bond has actually been covered into the Treasury: Provided further, 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

Penalty for violation.

of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.