Private Law 90–317

That Joseph M. Hepworth, Chief Personnel Man, United States Navy (retired), of La Mesa, California, is hereby relieved of liability to the United States in the amount of $1,823.45, representing overpayments of disability retired pay made to him by the United States through administrative error from February 1, 1954, through June 30, 1964. 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 Act.

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The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the said Joseph M. Hepworth, an amount equal to the aggregate of the amounts paid by him, or withheld from sums otherwise due him, in complete or partial satisfaction of the liability to the United States specified in the first section of this Act, 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 or a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.