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Volume 50

Private Law 75–475

For the relief of Frank S. Walker.

Approved July 9, 1937

Statutory text

AN ACT

For the relief of Frank S. Walker.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the Secretary

Frank S. Walker.

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 Frank S. Walker, of Orange, Virginia, the sum of $200. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of the slaughter of four registered Holstein diseased cows owned by the said Frank S. Walker, the said cows having been slaughtered under the direction of the Bureau of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture in its mastitis elimination project but not in strict accordance with the regulations covering same: 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 of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.

Approved, July 9, 1937.

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