Private Law 81–336

That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Ira D. Doyal and Clyde Doyal, both of Long Beach, California, the sum of $2,500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Ira D. Doyal and the said Clyde Doyal against the United States on account of the loss on February 24, 1942, of their fishing vessel Tennessee, when such vessel, while in a disabled condition, was cut adrift, in a rising storm, by the United States Coast Guard vessel numbered 411: 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.