Private Law 81–202

That the Secretary

Frank O. Ward.

of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Frank O. Ward, of White City, Georgia, the sum of $3,500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Frank O. Ward against the United States for the infringement of personal liberty, damage to business, loss of profits, damage to personal reputation, impairment of health, and medical and personal expense which resulted from his arrest on January 31, 1947, and his subsequent imprisonment at Fort McClellan until February 11, 1947, on the false charge of desertion. Said Frank O. Ward served honorably in the United States Army from June 26, 1944, until his honorable discharge on May 1, 1946: 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.