Private Law 75–45

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 $481.50 to William L. Jenkins, formerly American consul at Trebizond, Turkey, in full settlement of his claim against the United States for his failure to receive a like amount appropriated for his relief in Public Law Numbered 519, approved July 3, 1930 (46 Stat.

46 Stat. 886.

886), such sum representing the value of personal property lost by him during 1919 as a result of civil disturbances at Trebizond, and which sum was used by the General Accounting Office as a set-off against his then-existing indebtedness to the United States in the

49 Stat. 2056.

amount of $2,000, but subsequently credited to his accounts by authority of Private Law Numbered 30, approved May 8, 1935: 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 person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed

Penalty for violation.

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