Private Law 82–15

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the La Fayette Brewery, Incorporated, of La Fayette, Indiana, the sum of $5,460, in full satisfaction of its claim against the United States for a refund of the value of sixty-three canceled internal revenue malt liquor stamps valued at $4,165, and of twenty-four uncanceled internal revenue malt liquor stamps valued at $1,295 burglarized from the safe of the La Fayette Brewery, Incorporated, of La Fayette, Indiana, January 28, 1944, which sum has heretofore been paid to the United States: Provided, That the La Fayette Brewery, Incorporated, shall first file in the Treasury Department a bond in the penal sum of double the amount paid for such stamps, in such form and with such surety or sureties as may be acceptable to the Secretary of the Treasury, to indemnify and save harmless the United States from any loss on account of the stamps herein described: Provided further, 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.