Private Law 75–809

That the Secretary

Anne E. Felix.

Payment of contested-election expenses.

of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Anne E. Felix, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the sum of $2,000 in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States for expenses incurred as contestant in connection with preparation and prosecution of the election-contest case of Anne E. Felix versus Michael J. Muldowney for the seat from the Thirty-second Congressional District of the State of Pennsylvania in the Seventy-third Congress, as authorized by the Act of March 3, 1879 (U. S. C., title 2, sec. 226), a full and

20 Stat. 400.

2 U. S. C. § 226.

detailed account of such expenses having been properly filed with the clerk of the Committee on Elections Numbered 2, in accordance with

Proviso.

Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.

the provisions of the Act hereinbefore recited: Provided, 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 attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary

Penalty for violation.

notwithstanding. Any person violating the 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.