Private Law 75–302

That the Secretary

Great Northern Railway Company.

Payment to.

of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the Great Northern Railway Company, Saint Paul, Minnesota, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,298.50 in full satisfaction of its claim against the United States for a refund of construction charges on a grant of thirty-seven and one-tenth acres of land in the Sun River irrigation project in the State of Montana upon which the said Great Northern Railway Company proposed to locate and construct a line of railway under the Act of March 3, 1875, which line of railway was never constructed, and which grant was canceled by court decree in April, 1921: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this

Proviso.

Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.

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

Penalty for violation.

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