Private Law 85–766

That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Bernard H. English and John E. Hayden, employees of the Interstate Commerce Commission, the sums of $100 each. Such sums represent counsel fees incurred by these employees in defending court actions against them to recover damages for alleged slander, instituted because of statements alleged to have been made by them in the course of their duties as employees of the Interstate Commerce Commission: Provided, That no part of the amounts 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.