Volume 69 · A41
Private Law 84–116
For the relief of Theodore J. Harris.
Approved June 28, 1955
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of Theodore J. Harris.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That Theodore J. Harris, Rockville, Maryland, is hereby relieved of all liability to refund to the United States the sum of $257.01. Such sum represents the compensation received by the said Theodore J. Harris for Saturday and Sunday overtime service performed during the period from February to April 1951, at the Rockville, Maryland, post office. In the audit and settlement of the accounts of any certifying or disbursing officer of the United States, full credit shall be given for the amount for which liability is relieved by this Act.
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 said Theodore J. Harris, an amount equal to the aggregate or the amounts paid by him, or withheld from sums otherwise due him, in complete or partial satisfaction of the claim of the United States for such refund: Provided, however, 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 June 28, 1955.