Private Law 89–393

That each civilian

Lena Barthel and others.

employee and former civilian employee of the Department of the Army at the Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, named in section 2 of this Act, is relieved of liability to pay to the United States the amount set forth opposite his name, which amount represents an overpayment of compensation made to him as a result of administrative error during the period June 17, 1956, through September 5, 1959. In the audit and settlement of the accounts of any certifying or disbursing officer of the United States, credit shall be given for amounts for which liability is relieved by this section.

Sec. 2.

The employees referred to in the first section of this Act, and the amount of liability of each of them, are as follows:

Sec. 3.

The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to each individual named hi section 2 of this Act, the sum certified to him by the Secretary of the Army as the aggregate of amounts paid by such individual to the United States, or withheld from amounts due him from the United States, on account of the liability for which relief is granted by the first section of the Act. No part of the amount appropriated in this Act shall be paid or delivered to 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.