Private Law 85–547

That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to James E. Driscoll, Worcester, Massachusetts, the sum of $177.40. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said James E. Driscoll against the United States arising from the fact that he was required to pay a judgment in the amount of $177.40 rendered against him by reason of an automobile accident in Worcester, Massachusetts, on November 28, 1953, in which a private automobile was damaged by a United States Post Office Department vehicle being operated by the said James E. Driscoll on official business: 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.