Volume 52 · 1208
Public Law 75–773
For the relief of Fergus County, Montana.
Approved June 25, 1938
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of Fergus County, Montana.
Be it enacted by the Senate and. House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary
Fergus County, Mont.
Payment to.
of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Board of County Commissioners of Fergus County, Montana, the sum of $1,166.88, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the cost of labor and supplies furnished during September 1937 in extinguishing a forest fire on land owned by the United States, under jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, in the Judith Mountains,
Proviso.
Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.
Fergus County, Montana: 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 notwithstanding.
Penalty for violation.
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.
Approved, June 25, 1938.