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Volume 50 · 945

Private Law 75–116

For the relief of Peter Karampelis.

Approved April 20, 1937

Statutory text

AN ACT

For the relief of Peter Karampelis.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $100 to Peter Karampelis, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for the difference between $300 bail, declared forfeited by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin and covered into the Treasury but subsequently ordered restored by the said court as no notice to appear had been given him, and a $200 fine imposed upon him by the said court for the violation of certain provisions of the National Prohibition Act during 1931: Provided, That no part of

Proviso.

Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.

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 attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act

Penalty for violation.

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

Approved, April 20, 1937.

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