Private Law 81–12

That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Emory T. Wales, of King George, Virginia, the sum of $1,934, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for compensation for damage caused to his house by gunfire on the A. P. Hill Military Reservation, Bowling Green, Virginia: 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.