Private Law 83–627

That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to George P. Price, lieutenant colonel, Finance Corps, Army of the United States, the sum of $401.30 in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for reimbursement of the amount paid by him in settlement of the charge entered on his account by reason of the erroneous payment of such sum upon a forged voucher on October 13, 1948, at the Army Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, while he was finance officer at such medical center: 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.