Private Law 89–218

That the Secretary

Mr. and Mrs. Earl H. Hogan.

of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Harwell Hogan, of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the sum of $120, in full satisfaction of all their claims against the United States for reimbursement of the cost of transportation of the privately owned automobile of their son, the late Lowell S. Hogan, specialist, United States Army, from Bremen, Germany, his last duty station, to Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the said Mr. and Mrs. Earl Harwell Hogan having transported such automobile at their own expense in reliance upon the erroneous advice of agents of the United States, who misinterpreted United States Army regulations pursuant to which such transportation was authorized to be made at the expense of the United States: 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.