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Private Law 83–897
For the relief of Corporal Robert D. McMillan.
Approved August 31, 1954
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of Corporal Robert D. McMillan.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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 Corporal Robert D. McMillan (Army serial number RA–17053963), the sum of $1,806.72, in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of damage to, or loss or destruction of his personal property in a fire that occurred at the Branch United States Disciplinary Barracks, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on February 24, 1950; the said claim of Corporal Robert D. McMillan being a claim that is not cognizable under the Federal Tort Claims Act, as amended: 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.
Approved August 31, 1954.