58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2 D SESS.-CHS. 761, 762-DEC. 23, 1944 thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attor- ney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstand- ing. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved December 23, 1944. [CHAPTER 762] AN ACT For the relief of John L. MacNeil. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the appoint- ment, effective March 26, 1943, by order of the Secretary of War, under the provisions of section 1, the Military Appropriation Act, 1943 (Public Law 649, Seventy-seventh Congress), of John L. Mac- Neil, in an advisory capacity to the Secretary of War, with payment of actual transportation expenses and not to exceed $10 per diem in lieu of subsistence and other expenses while serving away from his home, without other compensation from the United States, is hereby amended to be in effect for the period July 1, 1942, to March 25, 1943, inclusive. SEC. 2. That the appointment made in section 1 of this Act shall be in lieu of the appointment, effective July 1, 1942, terminated March 25, 1943, by order of the Secretary of War, under the provi- sions of section 8, Military Appropriation Act, 1942 (Public Law 139, Seventy-seventh Congress), of John L. MacNeil, as expert consultant, with compensation of $10 per diem. SEC. 3. That all United States Government transportation requests issued during the period July 1, 1942, to March 25, 1943, inclusive, for the travel of John L. MacNeil, invalid under the appointment referred to in section 2 of this Act, but which would have been valid if they had been issued pursuant to his appointment under section 1 of this Act, are hereby validated and the Comptroller General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to credit in the settlement of the accounts of the disbursing officer or officers who has or have paid, or may hereafter pay, the sums stated in the aforesaid requests which have been or may hereafter be disallowed the amounts so paid by him or them: Provided, That no person shall be held pecuniarily liable for any part of the sum credited in the disbursing officer's account under the authority of this section. SEC. 4 . That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay John L. MacNeil, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, any amounts of actual transportation expenses, and not to exceed $10 per diem in lieu of subsistence and other expenses while serving away from his home, to which he would have been or may become entitled for the period July 1, 1942, to March 25, 1943, inclusive, under the appointment made by section 1 of this Act, and for the period subsequent to March 25, 1943, not heretofore paid: Provided, That all amounts heretofore paid to John L. MacNeil pursuant to the appointment referred to in section 2 of this Act shall be deducted from the amounts to be paid under the authority of this section. Approved December 23, 1944. December23, 1944 [H. R . 4631] [Private Law 5781 John L. MacNeil. 56 Stat. 611 . 65Btat. 393 . 1105
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