Private Law 87–277

That Captain Jacob

Capt. Jacob Haberle.

Haberle (Army serial number 0183349) is relieved of all liability to refund to the United States the sum of $4,876.82 which represents the aggregate amount of retired pay alleged to have been erroneously paid to him by the United States computed on the basis of the retroactive application of a decision of the Comptroller General dated April 1, 1959, to the retired pay he received in the period from May 1, 1953, through September 30, 1959. In the audit and settlement of the accounts of any certifying or disbursing officer of the United States, full credit shall be given for-the amount for which liability is relieved by this section.

Sec. 2.

The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Captain Jacob Haberle (Army serial number 0183349), Route 2, Greenfield, Ohio, the amount certified to him by the Secretary of the Army as the aggregate amount paid to the United States by the said Captain Jacob Haberle, or withheld by the United States from amounts due him, on account of the liability referred to in the first section of this Act: 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.