Private Law 83–176

That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to James D. Wilmeth, lieutenant colonel, United States Army (serial number 019519), the sum of $300. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said James D. Wilmeth against the United States for recovery of the face value of the military payment, certificates (series 472) which he received as part of his pay and allowances on December 12, 1950, while serving in Japan with G–2, General Headquarters, Far East Command, and which could never be converted to money or to military payment certificates of a later series because of the fact that they were temporarily lost or misplaced on June 20, 1951, the date prescribed for the conversion of series 472 certificates: 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.