Private Law 89–427

That, in the administration of the annual leave account of Thomas C. Macpherson, Junior, postal employee of Peekskill, New York, there shall be added a separate account of ninety-six hours of annual leave, in full settlement of all claims of the said Thomas C. Macpherson, Junior, against the United States for loss of ninety-six hours of annual leave to which he was entitled but which he forfeited in accordance with law as a result of administrative error in crediting him with such leave: 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.

Sec. 2.

Section 203(c) of the Annual and Sick Leave Act of 1951, as amended (65 Stat. 680, 67 Stat. 137; 5 U.S.C. 2062(c)), shall not apply with respect to the leave granted by this Act, and such leave likewise shall not affect the use or accumulation, pursuant to applicable law, of other annual leave earned by the said Thomas C. Macpherson, Junior. None of the leave granted by this Act shall be settled by means of a cash payment in the event such leave or part thereof remains unused at the time the said Thomas C. Macpherson, Junior, is separated by death or otherwise from the Federal service.