Private Law 83–54

That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Fred B. Niswonger, of Weed, California, the sum of $666,64. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Fred B. Niswonger against the United States for reimbursement for the loss of salary which he sustained, for the period beginning February 1, 1946, and ending May 31, 1946, as a result of not being restored to his former position of postal clerk in the United States post office at Weed, California, immediately following his honorable discharge from the Army on January 31, 1946. The said Fred B. Niswonger was subsequently restored to such position pursuant to order of the Civil Service Commission: 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.