Private Law 83–233

That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the persons enumerated below the sums specified. in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States, as reimbursement for personal effects and work tools destroyed as a result of the fire which occurred on January 15, 1951, in the Anchorage Terminal Mechanical Building of The Alaska Kailroad: Clarence R. Seiler, $118.60; Stephen Harris, $916.75; John R. Howard, $59.25; Edward P. Goehring, $109.20; Archie A. McKinney, $109.40; Benjamin Hughes, $70.00; Homer G. Hansen, $28.50; and Roy M. Stafford, $308.35.

Sec. 2.

No part of the amounts 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 these claims, 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.