Private Law 85–553

That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Hugh Lee Fant of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, the sum of $248.29. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States arising out of the failure of the Department of the Army to pay his mother class E allotments deducted from his pay for the period February 1, 1946 through October 31, 1946, the present payment of such allotments being barred solely by reason of lapse of time: 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.