Volume 85
Private Law 92–12
For the relief of the West Fargo Pioneer and Dale C. Nesemeier.
Approved July 29, 1971
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of the West Fargo Pioneer and Dale C. Nesemeier.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the West Fargo Pioneer of West Fargo,
West Fargo Pioneer and Dale C. Nesemeier.
North Dakota, and Dale C. Nesemeier are relieved of all liability for payment to the United States of the sum of $995.38, representing additional postage due on a publication entitled “The Mirror” included as a supplement to the West Fargo Pioneer and mailed during the period from March 1969, through April 1970, such postage being due as the result of the assessment of postage at incorrect rates by officials of the Post Office Department.
Sec. 2.
The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the West Fargo Pioneer the sum of any amounts received on account of the postage deficiency referred to in the first section of this Act.
No more than ten percent of any amount appropriated under this section shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with these claims, and the same shall be. unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Violation of the provisions of this subsection is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000.
Approved July 29, 1971.