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Volume 50 · 961

Private Law 75–202

For the relief of B. W. Winward.

Approved May 15, 1937

Statutory text

AN ACT

For the relief of B. W. Winward.

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

That the Secretary

B. W. Winward.

Payment to.

of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to B. W. Winward, of Whitney, Idaho, the sum of $20. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of the slaughter, because of Bang’s disease,

Proviso.

Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.

of one cow owned by the said B. W. Winward: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act 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 on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person

Penalty for violation.

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.

Approved, May 15, 1937.

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