Volume 50
Private Law 75–448
For the relief of Paul J. Francis.
Approved July 8, 1937
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of Paul J. Francis.
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 $500 to Paul J. Francis, of Graymoor, Garrison, New York, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for a refund of the value of a Liberty bond deposited to secure the deportation of an alien, Beniamino Ottorino, and forfeited October 3, 1925, for noncompliance with said condition as the alien had departed and failed to notify either the Government or the surety thereof: 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 be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.
Approved, July 8, 1937.