Private Law 85–185

That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Tom R. Hickman, Nannie Conley and husband, Jack Conley, Tina M. Hickman, Ray Conley, Mike Conley, W. B. Conley, Rebecca Conley, Louise Conley, Mary Frances Hickman, David B. Hickman, Tom R. Hickman, Jr., Ruth Conley, Willett J. Hickman, Jr., Martha Hickman, Ruth Hickman, and Rolland Hickman, of Gainesville, Texas, as their interests may appear, the sum of $3,500 with interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum, from May 14, 1942, to the date of payment, representing the amount reported by the United States Court of Claims to the Congress in response to House Resolution 491, Eighty-third Congress, second session (Congressional Number 3–54, decided June 5, 1956), in full settlement of their claims against the United States for gravel excavated and removed by the War Department from Camp Howze tract numbered 154, Camp Howze, Texas: 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.