Private Law 83–500

That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Willard Chester Cauley, Leesburg, Florida, the sum of $433.23. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Willard Chester Cauley against the United States for reimbursement for hospital, medical, and surgical expenses incurred by him in June 1951, when he was compelled to obtain treatment for serious personal injuries at a private hospital after being erroneously refused admittance to the Veterans’ Administration Hospital at Bay Pines, Florida. This claim is not cognizable under the Federal Tort Claims procedure: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act 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.