Private Law 85–303

That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Homer Cazamias, Laredo, Texas, the sum of $3,300. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Homer Cazamias against the United States for reimbursement of excessive customs duties paid by him with respect to certain tin cans (containing frozen strawberries) imported from Mexico during April, May, June, and July 1951. Such cans had been originally manufactured in the United States and would accordingly have been entitled to an exemption from duty if a claim for free entry had been filed at the time of such importation: 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 deemeaguilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.