Private Law 75–153

That the Secretary

Mary Dougherty.

Payment to.

of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mary Dougherty, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, the sum of $885.27 in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States for a refund of interest paid on a mortgage on her property to the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation between April 5, 1935, the date title to her property in New Brunswick, New Jersey, was taken by condemnation proceedings by the United States Government, acting through the Post Office Department, and July 30, 1936, the date she satisfied the mortgage loan and was required to pay interest for said period thereon: 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

Penalty for violation.

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.