Private Law 83–501

That the Act of June 30, 1954 (Private Law 495, Eighty-third Congress), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following section:

“Sec. 2.

The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Willmore Engineering Company a sum equal to the amount certified to him under the first section of this Act. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Willmore Engineering Company against the United States for compensation for such services and expenses: 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.”.

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