Private Law 75–508

That the Secretary

Goldenberg Furniture Company.

Payment to.

of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Goldenberg Furniture Company, Parkersburg. West Virginia, the sum of $115.25. Such sum shall be in full satisfaction of its claim against the United States for the value of certain materials and equipment (plus the cost of labor on a portion thereof) furnished the district engineer, fourth district, Works Progress Administration, Parkersburg, West Virginia, by the said Goldenberg Furniture Company. The claim of such company for the payment of such sum was disallowed by the Acting Comptroller General of the United States on the ground that such materials and equipment were delivered and labor thereon performed upon the verbal order of an employee of the Works Progress Administration who was not authorized to act as a purchasing or contracting officer for the United States: Provided, That no part

Proviso.

Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.

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 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 provisions of this Act shall

Penalty tor violation.

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