Volume 56 · 1248
Private Law 77–773
For the relief of L. H. Miller.
Approved December 18, 1942
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of L. H. Miller.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary
L. H. Miller.
Payment to.
of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $5,000 to L. H. Miller, of Idlewild, North Carolina, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by him on October 17, 1941, while assisting agents of the Treasury Department, Alcohol Tax Division, raid an illicit distillery
Proviso.
in Pine Swamp Township, Ashe County, North Carolina: Provided, 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 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.
Approved, December 18, 1942.