Private Law 81–689

That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to C. H. Bolling, Pierce City, Missouri, the sum of $2,500. The payment of such sum represents reimbursement for the payment of an equal amount to the United States by the said C. H. Bolling on account of the forfeiture of a bond given for the appearance of one James Thomas Bolling in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California in connection with the case of United States against James Thomas Bolling. The said James Thomas Bolling was present in court within a short time after such payment was made: 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.