Volume 50
Private Law 75–509
For the relief of John A. Ensor.
Approved July 17, 1937
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of John A. Ensor.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary
John A. Ensor.
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 John A. Ensor, of Sparks, Maryland, the sum of $25. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of the slaughter, prior to its registration as a purebred, of one diseased cow owned by the said John A. Ensor and in furtherance of the Bureau of Animal Industry’s project for the elimination of Bang’s disease: Provided, That no part of the
Proviso.
Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.
amount appropriated in this Act 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 on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, 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 17, 1937.