Private Law 82–405

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 Leroy Peebles, of Kinloch, Saint Louis County, Missouri, the sum of $500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States as compensation for his erroneous arrest and confinement, upon the order of the United States marshal for the District Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Northern District of Alabama, in Saint Louis County, Missouri, on March 17, 1942, and payment for the loss of wages, as the result of such arrest and confinement: 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.