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Volume 86

Private Law 92–160

For the relief of Gary Wentworth, of Staples, Minnesota.

Approved October 27, 1972

Statutory text

AN ACT

For the relief of Gary Wentworth, of Staples, Minnesota.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That

(a)

Gary Wentworth, of Staples, Minnesota, is relieved of all liability for repayment to the United States of the sum of $313.22, representing the amount of an overpayment received by him from the United States Marine Corps, prior to his discharge from such corps, as a result of an administrative error in balancing his pay record.

(b)

In the audit and settlement of the accounts of any certifying or disbursing officer of the United States, full credit shall be given for the amount for which liability is relieved by this Act.

Sec. 2.

(a)

The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the said Corporal Gary Wentworth, the sum of any amounts received or withheld from him on account of the overpayment referred to in the first section of this Act.

(b)

No part 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 this claim, and the same is unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this subsection shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any amount not to exceed $1,000.

Approved October 27, 1972.

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