Private Law 81–261

That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to J. M. Arthur, Ocoee, Tennessee, the sum of $1,44S. 04. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said J. M. Arthur against the United States for losses which he sustained as a result of the failure of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to make subsidy payments to him for the slaughter of cattle and hogs during July and August 1945: 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.