Private Law 86–139

That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to John B. Sutter, Pittsfield, Illinois, the sum of $340. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said John B. Sutter against the United States for reimbursement of the expenses incurred by the Eddy-Sutter Funeral Home, Pittsfield, Illinois, in connection with the burial of Private William L. McMullin on January 4, 1953. The Army authorized such burial and agreed to pay such expenses, but payment was subsequently refused on the ground (which was known to the Army at the time the burial was authorized) that on the date of his death the said Private William L. McMullin was absent without leave from the Army and had been dropped from the rolls of his organization: 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.