76 STAT.]
1269
PRIVATE LAW 87-302-FEB. 16, 1962
Private Law 87-301 AN ACT For the relief of Doctor Robert E. Hiller. Be it enacted by the Senate and Houm of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,, That Doctor Robert E. Hiller, an employee of the United States Air Force in Germany, is hereby relieved of liability to the United States in the amount of $1,755.20. Doctor Hiller accepted employment in good faith at a beginning salary of $12,555 per annum, having stated in his application for employment that $12,500 per annum was the minimum salary he would accept. The beginning salary and an increase thereafter granted was, as a result of administrative error, more than he might lawfully be paid, the difference in all amounting to $1,755.20 during the period from September 3, 1958, when he was hired, to August 6, 1960, when the error was corrected. In the audit and settlement of the accounts of any certifying or disbursing officer of the United States, credit shall be given for any amount for which liability is relieved by this Act. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to Doctor Robert E. Hiller, an amount equal to the aggregate of the amount paid by him, or withheld from sums otherwise due him, in complete or partial satisfaction of the liability to the United States specified in the first section: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act 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 Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved February 16, 1962.
February 16, 1962 [H. R. 6938]
Dr. Robert Hiller.
Private Law 87-302 AN.'ACT For the relief of Albert R. Serpa.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Albert R. Serpa, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, the sum of $1,485.80. Such sum represents reimbursement to the said Albert R. Serpa for paying out of his own funds judgments rendered against him, and costs, in the United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, as the result of an accident occurring when said Albert R. Serpa was operating a Government motor vehicle in the course of his duties as an employee of the United States Post Office Department: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act 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 Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved February 16, 1962.
February 16, 1962 [H. R. 7473]
Albert R. Serpa.
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