Private Law 90–101

That, Jesse W. Stutts, Junior, is relieved of liability to pay to the United States the sum of $1,294.40, representing the aggregate amount of overpayment of compensation received by him during the period beginning April 8, 1963, and ending May 29, 1965, both dates inclusive, as an employee of the Department of the Army at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, due to an administrative error which occurred without fault on his part. In the audit and settlement of the accounts of any certifying or disbursing officer of the United States, 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 Jesse W. Stutts, Junior, the sum certified to the Secretary of the Treasury by the Secretary of the Army as the aggregate of amounts paid to the United States by Jesse W. Stutts, Junior (including amounts withheld by the United States from amounts otherwise due him), on account of the liability for which relief is granted by the first section of this Act. No part of the amount appropriated in this section 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 lie unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.