Private Law 91–156

That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Eagle Lake Timber Company, a partnership comprised of M. W. Crook, Jolin B. Crook, R. H. Emmerson, and A. A. Emmerson, of Susanville, California, the sum of $43,690, in full satisfaction of all claims of the said Eagle Lake Timber Company against the United States for compensation for losses incurred in connection with the performance of a timber sale contract (dated May 25, 1964, Numbered 11–150) between the said Eagle Lake Timber Company and the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, the said Eagle Lake Timber Company having failed, under the provision of the contract for amortizing road costs, to recover a substantial portion of the road construction cost incurred before the contract was terminated by mutual consent of the parties thereto.

Sec. 3.

No part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof 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 lie fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.