Private Law 75–378

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, to the Coast Fir and Cedar Products Company, Incorporated, of Portland, Oregon, the sum of $2,480.34, in full satisfaction of all claims of such company against the United States arising out of a certain contract of sale (numbered 12r–1318) entered into by such company with the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, under date of April 18, 1928, for the delivery of certain railroad crossties for use in connection with the Owyhee irrigation project in Oregon: Provided,

Proviso.

Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.

That no part 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.