Private Law 74–571

That the Comptroller

Western Union Telegraph Company.

Payment of claim.

General of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to adjust, settle, and pay the claim of the Western Union Telegraph Company for not to exceed $10,657.57, being the amount which that company paid to the United States as a part of the tariff for messages dispatched by American officers in Russia and forwarded to this country through the Western Union Telegraph Company for which the company has failed to receive any payments due to the collapse of the Russian Government. There

Appropriation.

is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $10,657.57, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the payment of this claim: Provided, That no part

Proviso.

Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.

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

Penalty for violation.

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.