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 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 26, 27. 1917. 105 "Sec. 5a. No claim agent or attorney shall be entitled to receive mg‘}f,‘§*S°§‘;$,?°°S°”b3¥’§’{; any compensation whatever for services in the collection of claims t<>r¤¤y¤· against the Bureau of War Risk Insurance for death, personal injury, or detention, except when proceed1n€ are taken in accordance with section iii]:-i 1H a district court of the nited States, in which case the judge sh as a part of his determination and order settle and determine the amount of compensation not to exceed tenger centum of amount recovered, to be paid bg-ithe claimant on beh of whom such proceedivptgs are instituted to s legal adviser or advisers, and it shall e unla ul for any lawyer or other person acting in that behalf to gsékgor, contract for, or receive any larger sum than the amount so e ." Snpl. 9. That section seven of such Act is hereby amended to read ,,,Y,,§’,,l,;,f”· p' 712* as fo ows: " Sec. 7. That for the purpose of a `ng losses and return premiums Ap‘"°p'i°°i°“ fp { accruing under the provisions of thig gint there is hereby appropriated ·]0Sm om m out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $50,000,000 _ V I 2 fm]?. 10. That section eight of such Act is hereby amended to read ,,m,,§dgd?f8' p‘ 71 * as o ows: _ "SEc. 8. That there is hereby applrjplpriated, for the purpose of B,‘},££u"§;;",°i{,‘§‘L¤¤‘e'§€ defraying the exppnses of the estabhs ent and maintenance of the P°¤=°°°· Bureau of War isk Insurance, including the payment of salaries herein authorized and other personal serv1ces, and for the purchase of necessary books of reference, periodicals, etc., that mp? beipaidtfor 1n advance_ out of any monei in the Treasury of the mte States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $250,000. “V I 12 11. That section nme of such Act is hereby amended to read ,,,,,,,§d;,f8’ P' 7 · - as 0 ows: ‘ i "Sec. 9. That the President is authorized whenever in his judg- wiiennm§y?•i¤:ell ment the necessity of further war insurance by the United States P°"·p·8°S· shall have ceased to exist to suspend the operation of the Act, in so far as it authorizes insurance by the_ United States against loss or damage by risks of war, which suspension shall be made, in any event, Oummdm mm within four years after_the passage of this Act, but shall not affect neteueem. any msuirance outstanding at the tuple or any claimsfpending z;;l]ust— (,,,,,;,,,,,,,0, ,,, Bu. ment. or the purpose of the tin adjustment o any suc out- mu. standing insurance or claims, the Bureau of War_Rislr Insurance may, _ in thei discretion gif thehliresident, ,be continued in existence a further perio not excee ng thee years. _ sen. 12. Tnet the Aet ent1t1ed_··An Act to amend an Act entttied .,,E,'e‘*.$‘;‘;t°?°'°°““"°°“” ‘An Act to authorize the estabhshment of a. Bureau of War Risk °’·“°·P*’* 5“·"°‘· Insurance in the Treasury Department, ’ approved September second, nineteen hundred and fourteen, " approved August eleventh, mneteen hundred and sixteen, and the Act entitled "A.n Act to amend apvréct eiptitled ‘An Act to authorize thi; establishment of a Biuréeau o ar isk Insurance in the Treasiuy epartment approve eptember second, nineteen hundred and fourteen, " approved March third, mneteen hundred and seventeen, are hereby repealed. Approved, June 12, 1917. CHAP. 27.—An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Jlgilgi Goa/pmmplnt for the iisca.1 year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, 311 OX'0t Gl'  Be it enacted by the Senate and House 01'Representatrives oft7w United gnat cm, ex_ States ofA»m.e1~ica in Omtgress assembled, That the followmgsums are peeeeeepptiweaene. appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-