Private Law 81–458

That the Secretary

Lawrence Fontenot.

of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Lawrence Fontenot, Oberlin, Louisiana, the sum of $500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Lawrence Fontenot against the United States for property damage caused to his rice crop as a result of the destruction on May 25, 1943, of a partially constructed irrigation flume across the Oberlin-Oakdale Road in Allen Parish, Louisiana, by a United States Army truck, which was part of a convoy of Army vehicles: 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.