Public Law 86–53

That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad Company the sum of $38,726.40. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad Company against the United States for reimbursement for actual expenses borne by Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad Company for alteration of its bridge 5.4 over Brays Bayou in Houston, Harris County, Texas, which alteration was made in connection with the improvement of Brays Bayou for flood-control purposes and for which amount the said Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad Company has not otherwise been reimbursed, and if Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad Company had not made such bridge alteration, such alteration would have been made subsequently at the expense of the United States as a part of its flood-control project which included the improvement of Brays Bayou, and such bridge alteration inured to the benefit of the United States in subsequently carrying out such flood control project which it approved and authorized: Provided, 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 persons 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.