Volume 63
Private Law 81–314
For the relief of Mexican Fibre and Twine Company, Incorporated.
Approved July 13, 1949
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of Mexican Fibre and Twine Company, Incorporated.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary
Mexican Fibre and Twine Co., Inc.
of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mexican Fibre and Twine Company, Incorporated, San Antonio, Texas, the sum of $435.20, in full settlement of all claims against the United States representing overcharge of customs duties on sisal twine on entry numbered 115 of July 25, 1946, made at New Orleans, Louisiana, resulting from certain mathematical errors in the liquidation of the entry: 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 July 13, 1949.