Chapter 544. For the relief of G
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CHAP. 544.— An Act For the relief of G. Elias and Brother (Incorporated). March 4, 1931[[S. 4334](/us/bill/71/s/4334)][[Private, No. 459](/us/pvtl/71/459)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* G. Elias and Brother (Incorporated).Reimbursement for sample air mail plane furnished by. 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 G.
Elias and Brother (Incorporated), of Buffalo, New York, the sum of $20,000, in full compensation for one air mail plane type M–1, delivered to the Post Office Department by said company on June 9, 1925, said air mail plane having been constructed by the aforesaid company in compliance with written and verbal instructions issued by the official in charge of the air mail2147service of said department during the month of October, 1924: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.
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 agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawfulExcessive, unlawful. for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the contraryPenalty for violation. 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. Approved, March 4, 1931.