Private Law 76–164

That the Comptroller General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to settle and adjust the claim of the Atlas Powder Company for reasonable compensation incident to its abandonment, under protest, at the request of the United States, of a certain parcel of land on Winter Island in Salem, Massachusetts, more particularly described in the deed of E. I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company to Atlas Powder Company, dated December 28, 1912, recorded with Essex Deeds, Southern District, Book 2201, page 209, and to allow in full and final settlement of said claim a sum not exceeding $1,762.75 in consideration for the execution by said Atlas Powder Company of a quitclaim deed conveying to the United States all of its right, title, and interest in said parcel of land. There is hereby appropriated out

Appropriation.

of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,762.75, or so much thereof as may be necessary for payment of this claim: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in

Proviso.

Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.

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

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.