Private Law 83–922

That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Lyman Chalkley, Prince Georges County, Maryland, the sum of $747.36. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Lyman Chalkley against the United States for compensation for services performed by him during the period beginning August 28, 1952, and ending on September 30, 1952, while he was employed as a consultant in the Department of State without legal authority, through error on the part of an official of that Department. 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.