Private Law 75–265

That the Secretary

B. B. Odom and Lilia Odom.

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. B. Odom and Lilia Odom, of Eatonton, Georgia, jointly, the sum of $805 in full satisfaction of their claim against the United States for the value of one hundred and sixty-one acres of land at $5 per acre, located in Putnam County, Georgia, which they conveyed by deed to the Government, represented by the Resettlement Administration, then the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, said deed describing the land as six hundred and thirty acres, more or less, on the basis of which they were paid, but upon survey by the General Land Office the tract was found to contain seven hundred and ninety-one acres, exceeding by the said one hundred and sixty-one acres the tract of land described and conveyed by said deed: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in

Proviso.

Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.

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

Penalty for violation.

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