Private Law 83–628

That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Alton Bramer, Grand Portage, Minnesota, a forest guard in the employ of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Consolidated Chippewa Agency, Cass Lake, Minnesota, the sum of $2,768.90. Such sum represents the value of certain personal property owned by the said Alton Bramer and lost on February 5, 1947, when the Grand Portage ranger cottage and office, Grand Portage, Minnesota, occupied by the said Alton Bramer was destroyed by fire originating from an undetermined cause: 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.