Private Law 90–324

That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mrs. Sophie Michalowska of Baltimore, Maryland, the sum of $9,940.31 as a gratuity for the sacrifices sustained by her as a result of having been imprisoned for a period of approximately eight and one-half years by the Communist Government of Poland on charges of espionage and treasonable activities while employed in the United States Embassy in Warsaw, Poland. 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 be 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.

Sec. 2.

The period from December 6, 1947, to May 1, 1956, inclusive, during which Mrs. Sophie Michalowska was imprisoned by the Communist. Government of Poland on charges of espionage and treasonable activities while employed in the United States Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, shall be determined to be creditable service for the purposes of subchapter III (relating to civil service retirement) of chapter 83

80 Stat. 564; 81 Stat. 213.

5 USC 8331 et seq.

of title 5, United States Code, if she makes the required employee contribution.

Sec. 3.

Mrs. Sophie Michalowska is hereby relieved from any liability for payment to the United States of the amount of any income tax imposed under the laws of the United States on the sum referred to in the first section of this Act.