Private Law 81–709

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and lie is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,560,80 to Mrs. Kyra Kite Riddle, of 5308 New Hampshire Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia. Such sum represents the amount of death benefits to which the said Mrs. Riddle would have been entitled from the date of the death of her husband, Corporal T. J. Kite, who was killed in action on May 2, 1942, to November 23, 1945, if claim for such death benefits had been filed with the Veterans’ Administration within one year after the death of her husband: 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.