Private Law 83–497

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 Warrant Officer (junior grade) Walter Carl Sander, of 2506 Beaumont Street, Green Bay, Wisconsin, the sum of $3,557.18, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the damages sustained by him on account of damage to and destruction of his household goods by fire, which occurred on April 14, 1952, in a United States Army van, at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, while said household goods were loaded on such van, for which he has not heretofore been compensated: 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.