Volume 53 · 1447
Private Law 76–57
For the relief of The Fitzgerald Leader.
Approved April 12, 1939
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of The Fitzgerald Leader.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to The Fitzgerald Leader, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, the sum of $32 in full satisfaction of its claim against the United States for the publishing of two foreclosure advertisements in four consecutive issues at the request of a county rural rehabilitation supervisor, Resettlement Administration, in December 1936: Provided, That no part of the amount
Proviso.
Limitation of attorney’s, etc., fees.
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. Any
Penalty tor violation.
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, April 12, 1939.