Private Law 81–562

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Samuel J. D. Marshall, of Sewell, New Jersey, a sum equal to one year’s pay, at the rate he was receiving when discharged from the Army on December 15, 1922, as computed by the Comptroller General of the United States, to which sum he was entitled under the Act of June 30, 1922 (42 Stat. 716), as amended by the Act of September 14, 1922 (42 Stat. 840): Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated

10 U. S. C. §§ 481, 902, 953; Sup. Ill, § 481.

84 Stat., Pt. 1, pp. 271, 322.

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 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.